obéissait
\ɔ.be.i.sɛ\
The verdict
“obéissait” is uncommon French (frequency #66,954 among 75,470 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,954
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de obéir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obeissait · obéissait · French
obéissait · rank #66,954 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,954
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 75,470
- PHOTO-FINISH oblats
Nearest frequency peer: oblats (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “obéissait”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- NVA
NVA
33,049 corpus weight
- oblats
oblats
33,048 corpus weight
- obéissait
obéissait
33,047 corpus weight
- octane
octane
33,046 corpus weight
- Odet
Odet
33,045 corpus weight
- Odoxa
Odoxa
33,044 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “obéissait” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obéissait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɔ.be.i.sɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “obéissait” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
obéissait is uncommon French at frequency #66,954 among 75,470 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɔ.be.i.sɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de obéir.".
obéissait has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is obéissait, spelled O-B-É-I-S-S-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de obéir.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.