obschon
\ɔpˈʃoːn\
The verdict
“obschon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bien que, quoique, encore que, malgré que.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obschon · obschon · French
obschon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | obschon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \ɔpˈʃoːn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « obschon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
obschon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \ɔpˈʃoːn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bien que, quoique, encore que, malgré que.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for obschon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is obschon, spelled O-B-S-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Bien que, quoique, encore que, malgré que.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how obschon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Obschon der Beruf des Velokuriers, der Velokurierin keine Ausbildung erfordert, ist es nicht «einfach velofahren».
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.