obsède

\ɔb.sɛd\

/\ɔb.sɛd\/ verb

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The verdict

“obsède” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,209. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,209
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de obséder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-obsede · obsède · French

obsède · rank #45,209 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,209
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH Offenbach

Nearest frequency peer: Offenbach (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « obsède »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « obsède » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

obsède vs osée
50% similar
obsède vs observe
57% similar
obsède vs obsédés
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for obsède
PropertyValue
Headwordobsède
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɔb.sɛd\
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,209
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « obsède »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.obsèdese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Offenbach » (#45,210), « négresse » (#45,207), « opportunément » (#45,211). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « obsède » est au #45,209. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around obsède (IPA \ɔb.sɛd\), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,209 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for obsède, with forms such as "bosède", "obbsède", and "obsdèe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "osée", "observe", "obsédés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is obsède, spelled O-B-S-È-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de obséder.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de obséder.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de obséder.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de obséder.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de obséder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how obsède appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La question qui l’obsède est de savoir comment on en est venu au règne de la Terreur, quels sont les « principes » qui « ont scélératisé tant de têtes ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bosède
  • obbsède
  • obsdèe
  • obsede
  • obssède
  • obsèdde
  • obsèed
  • obèsde
  • osbède

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obsède - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bosède2obbsède1obsdèe2obsede1obssède1obsèdde1obsèed2obèsde2
Edit distance from "obsède"

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 "obsède"?
"obsède" is spelled O-B-S-È-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔb.sɛd\.
What does "obsède" mean?
As a verb, "obsède" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de obséder.
What words are commonly confused with "obsède"?
"obsède" is commonly confused with "osée", "observe", "obsédés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obsède"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obsède" is \ɔb.sɛd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obsède" come from?
"obsède" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ornano#45,214nankin#45,194pichet#45,226morrow#45,184

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

païennes9 variantsmordus9 variantsMoravie9 variantsprimus9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list