obsidiane
\ɔp.si.djan\
The verdict
“obsidiane” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de obsidienne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obsidiane · obsidiane · French
obsidiane · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | obsidiane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔp.si.djan\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
obsidiane is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔp.si.djan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de obsidienne.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for obsidiane in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is obsidiane, spelled O-B-S-I-D-I-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de obsidienne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how obsidiane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
M. Constans propose dʼidentifier cette pierre avec lʼobsidiane.
Cette inconcevable végétation s’éclairait d’elle-même de tous côtés, des obsidianes et des pierres spéculaires incrustées dans des pilastres, réfractaient, en les dispersant, les lueurs des pierreries qui, réverbérées en même temps par les dalles de porphyre, semaient le pavé d’une ondée d’étoiles.
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.