obligatorisch
\ɔ.blɪ.ɡa.to.rɪʃ\
The verdict
“obligatorisch” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obligatoire, de rigueur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obligatorisch · obligatorisch · French
obligatorisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | obligatorisch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ.blɪ.ɡa.to.rɪʃ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
obligatorisch is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔ.blɪ.ɡa.to.rɪʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obligatoire, de rigueur.".
obligatorisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is obligatorisch, spelled O-B-L-I-G-A-T-O-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Obligatoire, de rigueur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how obligatorisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Unterschrift ist obligatorisch.
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.