oblivion
\əˈblɪvɪən\
The verdict
“oblivion” is uncommon French (frequency #56,790 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,790
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oubli.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oblivion · oblivion · French
oblivion · rank #56,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,790
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH Nîmois
Nearest frequency peer: Nîmois (-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 « oblivion »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- NTIC
NTIC
43,214 corpus weight
- Nubie
Nubie
43,213 corpus weight
- Nîmois
Nîmois
43,212 corpus weight
- oblivion
oblivion
43,211 corpus weight
- obstinent
obstinent
43,210 corpus weight
- Oisans
Oisans
43,209 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « oblivion » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oblivion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \əˈblɪvɪən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oblivion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oblivion is uncommon French at frequency #56,790 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \əˈblɪvɪən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oubli.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for oblivion in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is oblivion, spelled O-B-L-I-V-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Oubli.
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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