obligat
\obliˈɡaːt\
The verdict
“obligat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obligé, nécessaire, qui est d’usage, dont on ne peut guère se dispenser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obligat · obligat · French
obligat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obligat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \obliˈɡaːt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « obligat » en français
Rare enough to double-check
obligat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \obliˈɡaːt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obligé, nécessaire, qui est d’usage, dont on ne peut guère se dispenser.".
Zero misspellings are on record for obligat in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 obligat, spelled O-B-L-I-G-A-T.
Definition
- 1Obligé, nécessaire, qui est d’usage, dont on ne peut guère se dispenser.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.