obs

/\ɔps\/ verb

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,851

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

obs is aFrenchverb. It means: Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de obsen. Pronounced \ɔps\. Often confused with on and ou.

Key facts for obs
PropertyValue
Headwordobs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɔps\
Letters3
Frequency rank#13,851
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of obs in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for obs is 3 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔps\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,851 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de obsen.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for obs in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "on", "ou", "or", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is obs, spelled O-B-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de obsen.

Frequency rank: #13,851 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obs"?
"obs" is spelled O-B-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔps\.
What does "obs" mean?
As a verb, "obs" means: Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de obsen.
What words are commonly confused with "obs"?
"obs" is commonly confused with "on", "ou", "or". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obs" is \ɔps\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obs" come from?
"obs" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.