obligeance
\ɔ.bli.ʒɑ̃s\
The verdict
“obligeance” is uncommon French (frequency #60,995 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,995
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disposition à se montrer obligeant, serviable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obligeance · obligeance · French
obligeance · rank #60,995 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,995
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH objecter
Nearest frequency peer: objecter (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « obligeance »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nécessitaie…
nécessitaient
39,009 corpus weight
- objecter
objecter
39,007 corpus weight
- obligeance
obligeance
39,006 corpus weight
- ocarina
ocarina
39,005 corpus weight
- OFCE
OFCE
39,004 corpus weight
- ondulées
ondulées
39,003 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « obligeance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obligeance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.bli.ʒɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « obligeance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
obligeance is uncommon French at frequency #60,995 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.bli.ʒɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disposition à se montrer obligeant, serviable.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for obligeance, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is obligeance, spelled O-B-L-I-G-E-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Disposition à se montrer obligeant, serviable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how obligeance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il eut le soin de se faire donner, par le Directeur-général des Postes, un mot qui recommandait silence et obligeance au directeur du Havre.
Sur le seuil de leur porte, je remerciai mes voituriers de leur obligeance, et, ayant glissé un écu de six livres dans la main de leur fils, je me dirigeai vers la Croix-aux- Bois en coupant au plus court par les gaulis de Thénorgues et de Briquenay
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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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