obtenus

/\ɔp.tə.ny\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,222

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

obtenus is aFrenchverb. It means: Participe passé masculin pluriel de obtenir. Pronounced \ɔp.tə.ny\. It ranks #6,222 in French word frequency. Often confused with obtus and obtiens.

Key facts for obtenus
PropertyValue
Headwordobtenus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɔp.tə.ny\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,222
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of obtenus in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for obtenus is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔp.tə.ny\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,222 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participe passé masculin pluriel de obtenir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for obtenus, with forms such as "botenus", "obbtenus", and "obetnus". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "obtus", "obtiens", "obtenu", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is obtenus, spelled O-B-T-E-N-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin pluriel de obtenir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: botenus,obbtenus,obetnus,obtennus,obtensu,obtenuss,obteuns,obtneus,obttenus,otbenus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for obtenus

Misspelling Variants of "obtenus"

botenus7obbtenus8obetnus7obtennus8obtensu7obtenuss8obteuns7obtneus7
Misspelling Variants of "obtenus"

Frequency rank: #6,222 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obtenus"?
"obtenus" is spelled O-B-T-E-N-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔp.tə.ny\.
What does "obtenus" mean?
As a verb, "obtenus" means: Participe passé masculin pluriel de obtenir.
What words are commonly confused with "obtenus"?
"obtenus" is commonly confused with "obtus", "obtiens", "obtenu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obtenus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obtenus" 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 "obtenus" come from?
"obtenus" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.