obliquer
\ɔ.bli.ke\
The verdict
“obliquer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prendre une direction oblique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obliquer · obliquer · French
obliquer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | obliquer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɔ.bli.ke\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « obliquer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
obliquer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɔ.bli.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prendre une direction oblique.".
obliquer has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is obliquer, spelled O-B-L-I-Q-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Prendre une direction oblique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how obliquer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les rétrogradations du soleil et de la lune peuvent survenir en raison de l’obliquité du ciel qui se trouve par moments contraint à obliquer ; […].
La 5ᵉ division de cavalerie était, elle aussi, en mouvement de Sainte-Menehould sur Vouziers, quand elle recevait, dans la matinée du 26, l'ordre de changer de direction sur Grand-Pré. Elle oblique alors vers Montcheutin, en portant le 19ᵉ régiment de dragons en avant-garde jusqu'à Senuc.
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.