obtenue

\ɔp.tə.ny\

/\ɔp.tə.ny\/ verb

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The verdict

“obtenue” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,744. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,744
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé féminin singulier de obtenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-obtenue · obtenue · French

obtenue · rank #8,744 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,744
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH obscurité

Nearest frequency peer: obscurité (-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 « obtenue »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « obtenue » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

obtenue vs obtenus
86% similar
obtenue vs Ostende
57% similar
obtenue vs obtenues
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for obtenue
PropertyValue
Headwordobtenue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɔp.tə.ny\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,744
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « obtenue »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).obtenuese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « obscurité » (#8,743), « night » (#8,742), « opus » (#8,746). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « obtenue » est au #8,744. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around obtenue (IPA \ɔp.tə.ny\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,744 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier de obtenir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for obtenue, with forms such as "botenue", "obbtenue", and "obetnue". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "obtenus", "Ostende", "obtenues", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is obtenue, spelled O-B-T-E-N-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé féminin singulier de obtenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how obtenue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. S’il est vrai que l’attitude peut être obtenue par contraction isométrique volontaire, résultant des prises de positions hyper-corrigées, elle est aussi — et surtout — conséquente du jeu musculaire tonique.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • botenue
  • obbtenue
  • obetnue
  • obteneu
  • obtennue
  • obteune
  • obtneue
  • obttenue
  • otbenue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obtenue - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

botenue2obbtenue1obetnue2obteneu2obtennue1obteune2obtneue2obttenue1
Edit distance from "obtenue"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obtenue"?
"obtenue" is spelled O-B-T-E-N-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔp.tə.ny\.
What does "obtenue" mean?
As a verb, "obtenue" means: Participe passé féminin singulier de obtenir.
What words are commonly confused with "obtenue"?
"obtenue" is commonly confused with "obtenus", "Ostende", "obtenues". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obtenue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obtenue" is \ɔp.tə.ny\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obtenue" come from?
"obtenue" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "obtenue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

menton9 variantsRachel9 variantsroches9 variantsfouilles9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list