obnubilés

\ɔb.ny.bi.le\

/\ɔb.ny.bi.le\/ adj

The verdict

“obnubilés” is uncommon French (frequency #85,069 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,069
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de obnubilé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-obnubiles · obnubilés · French

obnubilés · rank #85,069 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,069
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH obsédant

Nearest frequency peer: obsédant (+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 « obnubilés »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « obnubilés » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for obnubilés
PropertyValue
Headwordobnubilés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔb.ny.bi.le\
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,069
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « obnubilés » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).obnubiléstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « obsédant » (#85,070), « néolibéraux » (#85,067), « occidentalisation » (#85,071). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « obnubilés » est au #85,069. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

obnubilés is uncommon French at frequency #85,069 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔb.ny.bi.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de obnubilé.".

Zero misspellings are on record for obnubilés in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 obnubilés, spelled O-B-N-U-B-I-L-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de obnubilé.

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 "obnubilés"?
"obnubilés" is spelled O-B-N-U-B-I-L-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔb.ny.bi.le\.
What does "obnubilés" mean?
As an adjective, "obnubilés" means: Masculin pluriel de obnubilé.
How do you pronounce "obnubilés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obnubilés" is \ɔb.ny.bi.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list