observée
\ob.sɛʁ.ve\
The verdict
“observée” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,366. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,366
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé féminin singulier de observer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-observee · observée · French
observée · rank #10,366 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,366
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH normand
Nearest frequency peer: normand (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “observée”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Natal
Natal
89,638 corpus weight
- noces
noces
89,637 corpus weight
- normand
normand
89,636 corpus weight
- observée
observée
89,635 corpus weight
- obéir
obéir
89,634 corpus weight
- océans
océans
89,633 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “observée” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | observée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ob.sɛʁ.ve\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,366 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “observée” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around observée (IPA \ob.sɛʁ.ve\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,366 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier de observer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for observée, with forms such as "boservée", "obbservée", and "obesrvée". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "observer", "observés", "observez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is observée, spelled O-B-S-E-R-V-É-E.
Definition
- 1Participe passé féminin singulier de observer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how observée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une brèche ou fente transversale est souvent observée dans l’endospore et l’exospore (pl. 1 ; 5, 7 et 12).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- boservée
- obbservée
- obesrvée
- obserrvée
- observee
- observeé
- observvée
- obseréve
- obsevrée
- obsrevée
- obsservée
- osbervée
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of observée - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "observée", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "observée" maps to 8 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "observer". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,366 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "O" letter cohort. O–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.