désobliger
\de.zɔ.bli.ʒe\
The verdict
“désobliger” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indisposer par de mauvais procédés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-desobliger · désobliger · French
désobliger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | désobliger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.zɔ.bli.ʒe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « désobliger » en français
Rare enough to double-check
désobliger is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.zɔ.bli.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indisposer par de mauvais procédés.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for désobliger, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is désobliger, spelled D-É-S-O-B-L-I-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Indisposer par de mauvais procédés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how désobliger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manicamp. – Ne m’appelez pas Manicamp… ça me désoblige… appelez-moi beau-père…
Si un spectacle comme celui-ci vous désoblige, pourquoi ne le faites-vous pas cesser ?
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.