Obiang
\ɔ.bjaŋ\
The verdict
“Obiang” is uncommon French (frequency #69,279 among 75,470 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,279
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille d’origine fang.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obiang · Obiang · French
Obiang · rank #69,279 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,279
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 75,470
- PHOTO-FINISH nun
Nearest frequency peer: nun (-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 “Obiang”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- NSC
NSC
30,725 corpus weight
- nun
nun
30,723 corpus weight
- Obiang
Obiang
30,722 corpus weight
- oblong
oblong
30,721 corpus weight
- onusienne
onusienne
30,720 corpus weight
- opulente
opulente
30,719 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Obiang” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Obiang |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.bjaŋ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Obiang” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Obiang is uncommon French at frequency #69,279 among 75,470 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɔ.bjaŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille d’origine fang.".
Obiang has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Obiang, spelled O-B-I-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille d’origine fang.
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 "Obiang", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 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.