objet

/\ɔb.ʒɛ\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#672

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

objet is aFrenchnoun. It means: Chose tangible et visible, concrète. Chose perceptible par la vue et le toucher. Chose, dans un sens indéterminé. Pronounced \ɔb.ʒɛ\. It ranks #672 in French word frequency. Often confused with omet and objets.

Key facts for objet
PropertyValue
Headwordobjet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔb.ʒɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#672
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of objet in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for objet is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔb.ʒɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #672 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for objet, with forms such as "bojet", "obbjet", and "obejt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "omet", "objets", "object", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is objet, spelled O-B-J-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chose tangible et visible, concrète. Chose perceptible par la vue et le toucher. Chose, dans un sens indéterminé.
  2. 2
    Chose fabriquée par l’homme ; artéfact.
  3. 3
    Tout ce qui affecte les sens, tout ce qui intéresse les facultés de l’âme.
  4. 4
    Ce qui est pensé, par opposition à l’être pensant ou sujet.
  5. 5
    Matière à une science ou à un art.
  6. 6
    Celle, celui qui est différent de soi.
  7. 7
    S’oppose à sujet et désigne la personne ou la chose sur laquelle se porte l’action exprimée par le verbe.
  8. 8
    Tout ce qui est la cause, le sujet, le motif d’un sentiment, d’une passion, d’une action.
  9. 9
    En particulier, la personne qu’on aime.
  10. 10
    But, objectif, visée.
  11. 11
    Tout ce qui se présente à l’esprit, de tout ce qui l’occupe.
  12. 12
    Instance de classe. Un objet stocke des valeurs de données (attributs), sur lesquels travaillent les méthodes de la classe.
  13. 13
    Phénomène concret ou abstrait susceptible d’une représentation cartographique.
  14. 14
    Tout objet présent sur le terrain au cours d’une partie, incluant le but et les boules déjà jouées.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bojet,obbjet,obejt,objett,objjet,objte,ojbet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for objet

Misspelling Variants of "objet"

bojet5obbjet6obejt5objett6objjet6objte5ojbet5
Misspelling Variants of "objet"

Frequency rank: #672 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "objet"?
"objet" is spelled O-B-J-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔb.ʒɛ\.
What does "objet" mean?
As a noun, "objet" means: Chose tangible et visible, concrète. Chose perceptible par la vue et le toucher. Chose, dans un sens indéterminé.
What words are commonly confused with "objet"?
"objet" is commonly confused with "omet", "objets", "object". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "objet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "objet" is \ɔb.ʒɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "objet" come from?
"objet" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter O in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.