obtenus

\ɔp.tə.ny\

/\ɔp.tə.ny\/ verb

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The verdict

“obtenus” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,222. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,222
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-obtenus · obtenus · French

obtenus · rank #6,222 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,222
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH négative

Nearest frequency peer: négative (-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 « obtenus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « obtenus » 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).

obtenus vs obtus
71% similar
obtenus vs obtiens
71% similar
obtenus vs obtenu
86% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « obtenus »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).obtenusse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « négative » (#6,221), « opérateurs » (#6,223), « nommée » (#6,220). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « obtenus » est au #6,222. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around obtenus (IPA \ɔp.tə.ny\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,222 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "obtus", "obtiens", "obtenu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is obtenus, spelled O-B-T-E-N-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin pluriel de obtenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Au lieu de décarotter, on pèserait le tube et son contenu. Le volume et le poids de la carotte seraient alors obtenus avec précision.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • botenus
  • obbtenus
  • obetnus
  • obtennus
  • obtensu
  • obtenuss
  • obteuns
  • obtneus
  • obttenus
  • otbenus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obtenus - 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.

botenus2obbtenus1obetnus2obtennus1obtensu2obtenuss1obteuns2obtneus2
Edit distance from "obtenus"

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 "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'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 "obtenus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

renvoie#6,228serment#6,239sexuels#6,241general#6,195

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

restés10 variantssouffert10 variantstorture10 variantsdrogues10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list