obstiner
\ɔp.sti.ne\
The verdict
“obstiner” is uncommon French (frequency #51,635 among 75,470 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,635
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire acte d’obstination.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obstiner · obstiner · French
obstiner · rank #51,635 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,635
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 75,470
- PHOTO-FINISH octroyant
Nearest frequency peer: octroyant (+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 “obstiner”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Némésis
Némésis
48,370 corpus weight
- névralgique
névralgique
48,369 corpus weight
- obstiner
obstiner
48,366 corpus weight
- octroyant
octroyant
48,365 corpus weight
- Omnivore
Omnivore
48,364 corpus weight
- ondine
ondine
48,363 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “obstiner” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obstiner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɔp.sti.ne\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “obstiner” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
obstiner is uncommon French at frequency #51,635 among 75,470 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɔp.sti.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for obstiner in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is obstiner, spelled O-B-S-T-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire acte d’obstination.
- 2S’attacher opiniâtrement à une tâche, à un travail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how obstiner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après avoir suivi des yeux Ernest qui s’obstinait à escorter sa cabotine, et les avoir vus rentrer dans la coulisse en se chamaillant, Hervé allait filer tout doucement du côté opposé, […].
Il se tut. Les autres devisaient toujours paisiblement. Il répéta sa question. Ils s’obstinaient à ne point faire la moindre attention à lui.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.