obige

[ˈoːbɪɡə]

/[ˈoːbɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“obige” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,988. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,988
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs obig

Corpus desk

Index DE-obige · obige · German

obige · rank #26,988 · 6 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,988
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH oberflächliche

Nearest frequency peer: oberflächliche (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „obige“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „obige“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

obige vs Oboe
40% similar
obige vs olive
60% similar
obige vs obigen
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for obige
PropertyValue
Headwordobige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈoːbɪɡə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,988
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „obige“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).obigeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „oberflächliche“ (#26,987), „oc“ (#26,989), „obdachlos“ (#26,986). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „obige“ bei #26,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around obige (IPA [ˈoːbɪɡə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,988 among 1,007 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for obige, with forms such as "boige", "obbige", and "obgie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Oboe", "olive", "obigen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is obige, spelled O-B-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs obig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs obig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs obig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs obig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs obig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs obig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs obig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs obig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs obig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • boige
  • obbige
  • obgie
  • obieg
  • obigge
  • oibge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obige - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

boige2obbige1obgie2obieg2obigge1oibge2
Edit distance from "obige"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obige"?
"obige" is spelled O-B-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈoːbɪɡə].
What does "obige" mean?
As an adjective, "obige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs obig
What words are commonly confused with "obige"?
"obige" is commonly confused with "Oboe", "olive", "obigen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obige" is [ˈoːbɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obige" come from?
"obige" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "obige", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pisst#26,999Mulde#26,976Meran#26,967rauen#27,017

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

raps6 variantsluck6 variantskcal6 variantsslave6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list