obligée

\ɔ.bli.ʒe\

/\ɔ.bli.ʒe\/ adj

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The verdict

“obligée” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,720. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,720
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de obligé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-obligee · obligée · French

obligée · rank #6,720 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,720
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH noix

Nearest frequency peer: noix (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « obligée »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « obligée » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

obligée vs obligés
86% similar
obligée vs obliger
71% similar
obligée vs oubliée
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for obligée
PropertyValue
Headwordobligée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.bli.ʒe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,720
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « obligée »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).obligéese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « noix » (#6,719), « ongles » (#6,721), « Nicole » (#6,718). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « obligée » est au #6,720. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around obligée (IPA \ɔ.bli.ʒe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,720 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de obligé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for obligée, with forms such as "boligée", "obbligée", and "obilgée". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "obligés", "obliger", "oubliée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 obligée, spelled O-B-L-I-G-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de obligé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how obligée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il lui prête des livres, les lui commente, et elle lit tellement qu’elle est obligée de « s’enlunetter ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • boligée
  • obbligée
  • obilgée
  • oblgiée
  • obligee
  • obligeé
  • obliggée
  • obliége
  • oblligée
  • olbigée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obligée - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

boligée2obbligée1obilgée2oblgiée2obligee1obligeé2obliggée1obliége2
Edit distance from "obligée"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obligée"?
"obligée" is spelled O-B-L-I-G-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.bli.ʒe\.
What does "obligée" mean?
As an adjective, "obligée" means: Féminin singulier de obligé.
What words are commonly confused with "obligée"?
"obligée" is commonly confused with "obligés", "obliger", "oubliée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obligée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obligée" is \ɔ.bli.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obligée" come from?
"obligée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "obligée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ouvrent#6,724mettons#6,715Pauline#6,727prenons#6,730

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

opposant10 variantshabitué10 variantscréant10 variantsbonhomme10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list