oblique

\ɔ.blik\

/\ɔ.blik\/ adj

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The verdict

“oblique” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,418. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,418
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui s’écarte plus ou moins de la verticale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oblique · oblique · French

oblique · rank #25,418 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,418
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH nécessiter

Nearest frequency peer: nécessiter (-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 « oblique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « oblique » 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).

oblique vs optique
71% similar
oblique vs obliques
88% similar
oblique vs obligé
57% similar

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

Key facts for oblique
PropertyValue
Headwordoblique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.blik\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,418
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oblique »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).obliquese 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 « nécessiter » (#25,417), « observez » (#25,419), « norvégiens » (#25,416). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « oblique » est au #25,418. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around oblique (IPA \ɔ.blik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,418 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for oblique, with forms such as "bolique", "obblique", and "obilque". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "optique", "obliques", "obligé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is oblique, spelled O-B-L-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui s’écarte plus ou moins de la verticale.
  2. 2
    Qui est indirect, détourné.
  3. 3
    Qui manque de droiture, de franchise.
  4. 4
    Qui ne fait pas face, qui est de travers, qui louche.
  5. 5
    En grammaire traditionnelle et dans les langues où les cas se déclinent, désigne tous les cas, sauf le nominatif et le vocatif.
  6. 6
    Un actant qui n’appartient pas à la valence du verbe.
  7. 7
    Qualifie la relation qui concerne une personne et son neveu ou sa nièce.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il était huit heures du matin. Les obliques rayons du soleil animaient la côte, en la piquant de lueurs fauves.
  2. Quelquefois les feuilles pendent verticalement pour que le soleil ne les atteigne que sous une incidence très oblique (fig. 3).

This word in other languages

oblique(English)schräg(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bolique
  • obblique
  • obilque
  • obliqeu
  • obliqque
  • obliuqe
  • obllique
  • oblqiue
  • olbique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oblique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bolique2obblique1obilque2obliqeu2obliqque1obliuqe2obllique1oblqiue2
Edit distance from "oblique"

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 "oblique"?
"oblique" is spelled O-B-L-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.blik\.
What does "oblique" mean?
As an adjective, "oblique" means: Qui s’écarte plus ou moins de la verticale.
What words are commonly confused with "oblique"?
"oblique" is commonly confused with "optique", "obliques", "obligé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oblique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oblique" is \ɔ.blik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oblique" come from?
"oblique" 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 "oblique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list