obstiné
\ɔp.sti.ne\
The verdict
“obstiné” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,376. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,376
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui s’obstine ; qui est entêté ou acharné.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obstine · obstiné · French
obstiné · rank #33,376 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,376
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH néophytes
Nearest frequency peer: néophytes (-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 « obstiné »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- normandes
normandes
66,628 corpus weight
- novateurs
novateurs
66,627 corpus weight
- néophytes
néophytes
66,626 corpus weight
- obstiné
obstiné
66,625 corpus weight
- occasionnel…
occasionnelle
66,623 corpus weight
- offrirait
offrirait
66,622 corpus weight
What this shows « obstiné » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | obstiné |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔp.sti.ne\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « obstiné »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around obstiné (IPA \ɔp.sti.ne\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,376 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui s’obstine ; qui est entêté ou acharné.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for obstiné, with forms such as "bostiné", "obbstiné", and "obsitné". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ostie", "obstinée", "obscène", 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 obstiné, spelled O-B-S-T-I-N-É.
Definition
- 1Qui s’obstine ; qui est entêté ou acharné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how obstiné appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Celui-là est défendu contre les quémandeurs trop opiniâtres par une sorte de femelle revêche, bourrue, grimaçante, qui s’entend à merveille à décourager les volontés les plus obstinées.
Quoiqu’elle eût cinquante-sept ans et que ses travaux obstinés au sein du ménage lui permissent bien de se reposer, elle tricotait les bas de son mari, les siens et ceux d’un oncle, comme tricotent les femmes de la campagne, en marchant, en parlant, en se promenant dans le jardin, en allant voir ce qui se passait à sa cuisine.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bostiné
- obbstiné
- obsitné
- obsstiné
- obstine
- obstinné
- obstién
- obstnié
- obsttiné
- obtsiné
- osbtiné
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obstiné - 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.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).