obligada

/[oβ̞liˈɣ̞að̞a]/ participle

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,604

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

obligada is aSpanishparticiple. It means: Forma del femenino de obligado, participio de obligar o de obligarse. Pronounced [oβ̞liˈɣ̞að̞a]. It ranks #7,604 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with obligar and obligan.

Key facts for obligada
PropertyValue
Headwordobligada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechParticiple
IPA[oβ̞liˈɣ̞að̞a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,604
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of obligada in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for obligada is 8 letters long, classified as aparticiple, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oβ̞liˈɣ̞að̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,604 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de obligado, participio de obligar o de obligarse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for obligada, with forms such as "boligada", "obbligada", and "obilgada". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "obligar", "obligan", "obligado", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is obligada, spelled O-B-L-I-G-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino de obligado, participio de obligar o de obligarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: boligada,obbligada,obilgada,oblgiada,obliagda,obligaad,obligadda,obligdaa,obliggada,oblligada,olbigada,ovligada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for obligada

Misspelling Variants of "obligada"

boligada8obbligada9obilgada8oblgiada8obliagda8obligaad8obligadda9obligdaa8
Misspelling Variants of "obligada"

Frequency rank: #7,604 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obligada"?
"obligada" is spelled O-B-L-I-G-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [oβ̞liˈɣ̞að̞a].
What does "obligada" mean?
As a participle, "obligada" means: Forma del femenino de obligado, participio de obligar o de obligarse.
What words are commonly confused with "obligada"?
"obligada" is commonly confused with "obligar", "obligan", "obligado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obligada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obligada" is [oβ̞liˈɣ̞að̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obligada" come from?
"obligada" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.