obfuscation
French, noun/ɔp.fys.ka.sjɔ̃/
obfuscation is spelled O-B-F-U-S-C-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written French, the 229,021st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obfuscation is a French feminine noun meaning “obfuscation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Stratégie de protection de la vie privée sur internet qui consiste à publier des informations fausses ou…”.
What does obfuscation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobfuscation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Stratégie de protection de la vie privée sur internet qui consiste à publier des informations fausses ou imprécises de manière à dissimuler les informations pertinentes. 2. Technique qui consiste à rendre illisible pour un humain un programme, tout en le gardant pleinement fonctionnel.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of obfuscation
- obfuscations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obfuscation?
- /ɔp.fys.ka.sjɔ̃/
- \ɔb.fys.ka.sjɔ̃\
- [ɔb.fys.ka.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obfuscation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obfuscation in French?
obfuscation appears about once in every 52 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).