obliged
/əˈblaɪd͡ʒd/
The verdict
“obliged” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obligado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-obliged · obliged · Spanish
obliged · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obliged |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈblaɪd͡ʒd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “obliged” en español
Rare enough to double-check
obliged is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˈblaɪd͡ʒd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for obliged in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is obliged, spelled O-B-L-I-G-E-D.
Definition
- 1Obligado.
- 2En deuda.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.