obéissant
\ɔ.be.i.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“obéissant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,817. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,817
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui obéit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obeissant · obéissant · French
obéissant · rank #26,817 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,817
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH obstination
Nearest frequency peer: obstination (-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 “obéissant”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- observait
observait
73,186 corpus weight
- obstination
obstination
73,185 corpus weight
- obéissant
obéissant
73,184 corpus weight
- Olaf
Olaf
73,183 corpus weight
- Ontarien
Ontarien
73,182 corpus weight
- padre
padre
73,181 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “obéissant” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | obéissant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ.be.i.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “obéissant” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around obéissant (IPA \ɔ.be.i.sɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,817 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for obéissant, with forms such as "boéissant", "obbéissant", and "obeissant". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Ouessant", "obéissent", "obéissance", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is obéissant, spelled O-B-É-I-S-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui obéit.
- 2Qui est soumis, docile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how obéissant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un fils obéissant.
Il a toujours été très obéissant à son père.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- boéissant
- obbéissant
- obeissant
- obiéssant
- obéisant
- obéisasnt
- obéissannt
- obéissantt
- obéissatn
- obéissnat
- obésisant
- oébissant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obéissant - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "obéissant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "obéissant". Here's where to go from here.
- "obéissant" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Ouessant". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #26,817 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "O" letter cohort. O–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.