obligor
/ˈɒblɪɡɔː/noun
obligor is spelled O-B-L-I-G-O-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, obligor means “The party bearing a legal obligation to another party (the obligee)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of obligor is obligors.
How many letters and syllables are in obligor?
| Letters | 7: O-B-L-I-G-O-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is obligor?
Obligor appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce obligor?
- /ˈɒblɪɡɔː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-obligor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of obligor
- obligors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does obligor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The party bearing a legal obligation to another party (the obligee).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Obligor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense party bearing obligation:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does obligor come from?
From oblige + -or.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).