obligatoria
[oβ̞liɣ̞aˈt̪oɾja]
The verdict
“obligatoria” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,605 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #7,605
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de obligatorio.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obligatoria |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [oβ̞liɣ̞aˈt̪oɾja] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #7,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “obligatoria” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for obligatoria is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oβ̞liɣ̞aˈt̪oɾja]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,605 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de obligatorio.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for obligatoria, with forms such as "boligatoria", "obbligatoria", and "obilgatoria". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "obligatorio", "obligatorias", "obligatorios", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is obligatoria, spelled O-B-L-I-G-A-T-O-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de obligatorio.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: boligatoria,obbligatoria,obilgatoria,oblgiatoria,obliagtoria,obligaotria,obligatoira,obligatorai,obligatorria,obligatroia,obligattoria,obliggatoria,obligtaoria,oblligatoria,olbigatoria,ovligatoria
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obligatoria - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “obligatoria”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-B-L-I-G-A-T-O-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oβ̞liɣ̞aˈt̪oɾja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “obligatorio” - see the side-by-side comparison. obligatoria vs obligatorio
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.