obtention
\ɔp.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“obtention” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,733. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,733
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’obtenir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obtention · obtention · French
obtention · rank #7,733 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,733
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH observateur
Nearest frequency peer: observateur (-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 « obtention »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- mutation
mutation
92,271 corpus weight
- notoriété
notoriété
92,270 corpus weight
- observateur
observateur
92,269 corpus weight
- obtention
obtention
92,268 corpus weight
- oral
oral
92,267 corpus weight
- parker
parker
92,266 corpus weight
What this shows « obtention » 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 | obtention |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔp.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « obtention »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around obtention (IPA \ɔp.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,733 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for obtention, with forms such as "botention", "obbtention", and "obetntion". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "objection", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is obtention, spelled O-B-T-E-N-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’obtenir.
- 2Nouvelle variété de plante obtenue par sélection ou par tout autre technique et susceptible d'être multipliée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how obtention appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’obtention d’un diplôme, d’une grâce, d’un arrêt.
La pépinière présente ses dernières obtentions au grand public.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- botention
- obbtention
- obetntion
- obteniton
- obtenntion
- obtentino
- obtentionn
- obtentoin
- obtenttion
- obtetnion
- obtnetion
- obttention
- otbention
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obtention - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "obtention", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).