obtiennent

\ɔp.tjɛn\

/\ɔp.tjɛn\/ verb

The verdict

“obtiennent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,916. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,916
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de obtenir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-obtiennent · obtiennent · French

obtiennent · rank #10,916 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,916
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH nutrition

Nearest frequency peer: nutrition (-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 « obtiennent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « obtiennent » 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).

obtiennent vs obtinrent
80% similar
obtiennent vs obtienne
80% similar

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

Key facts for obtiennent
PropertyValue
Headwordobtiennent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɔp.tjɛn\
Letters10
Frequency rank#10,916
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « obtiennent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).obtiennentse 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 « nutrition » (#10,915), « oriental » (#10,917), « notons » (#10,914). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « obtiennent » est au #10,916. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around obtiennent (IPA \ɔp.tjɛn\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,916 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 obtiennent, with forms such as "botiennent", "obbtiennent", and "obitennent". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "obtinrent", "obtienne", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is obtiennent, spelled O-B-T-I-E-N-N-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de obtenir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de obtenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sauf à considérer que les règles de droit ne valent d’être respectées que si elles vont dans le sens voulu par chacun, cette décision délégitime, si besoin était, le recours à l’action violente que certains justifient quand ils n’obtiennent pas gain de cause…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • botiennent
  • obbtiennent
  • obitennent
  • obteinnent
  • obtienennt
  • obtienent
  • obtiennennt
  • obtiennentt
  • obtiennetn
  • obtiennnet
  • obtinenent
  • obttiennent
  • otbiennent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

botiennent2obbtiennent1obitennent2obteinnent2obtienennt2obtienent1obtiennennt1obtiennentt1
Edit distance from "obtiennent"

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 "obtiennent"?
"obtiennent" is spelled O-B-T-I-E-N-N-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔp.tjɛn\.
What does "obtiennent" mean?
As a verb, "obtiennent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de obtenir.
What words are commonly confused with "obtiennent"?
"obtiennent" is commonly confused with "obtinrent", "obtienne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obtiennent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obtiennent" is \ɔp.tjɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obtiennent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list