obstacles
\ɔp.stakl\
The verdict
“obstacles” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,420. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,420
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de obstacle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obstacles · obstacles · French
obstacles · rank #6,420 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #6,420
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH nier
Nearest frequency peer: nier (-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 “obstacles”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mécanismes
mécanismes
93,584 corpus weight
- médicaux
médicaux
93,583 corpus weight
- nier
nier
93,582 corpus weight
- obstacles
obstacles
93,581 corpus weight
- ordinateurs
ordinateurs
93,580 corpus weight
- orientale
orientale
93,579 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “obstacles” 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 | obstacles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔp.stakl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,420 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “obstacles” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around obstacles (IPA \ɔp.stakl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,420 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de obstacle.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for obstacles, with forms such as "bostacles", "obbstacles", and "obsatcles". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "obstacle", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 obstacles, spelled O-B-S-T-A-C-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de obstacle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how obstacles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’un des obstacles qui s’opposent à la formulation même du problème est notre tendance à sur-privilégier la conceptualisation économique des rapports humains : tendance qui s’explique sans doute par le caractère « productiviste » des sociétés industrielles.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bostacles
- obbstacles
- obsatcles
- obsstacles
- obstaccles
- obstacels
- obstacless
- obstaclles
- obstaclse
- obstalces
- obstcales
- obsttacles
- obtsacles
- osbtacles
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obstacles - 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 "obstacles", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "obstacle". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,420 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "O" letter cohort. O–Z browse
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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.