obstinés
\ɔp.sti.ne\
The verdict
“obstinés” is uncommon French (frequency #81,399 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,399
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de obstiné.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obstines · obstinés · French
obstinés · rank #81,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,399
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH obstrue
Nearest frequency peer: obstrue (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « obstinés »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nénette
nénette
18,606 corpus weight
- néoprène
néoprène
18,605 corpus weight
- névrosée
névrosée
18,604 corpus weight
- obstinés
obstinés
18,602 corpus weight
- obstrue
obstrue
18,601 corpus weight
- octogonal
octogonal
18,600 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « obstinés » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obstinés |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔp.sti.ne\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « obstinés » en français
Rare enough to double-check
obstinés is uncommon French at frequency #81,399 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔp.sti.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de obstiné.".
Zero misspellings are on record for obstinés in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is obstinés, spelled O-B-S-T-I-N-É-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de obstiné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how obstinés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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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