obturateur
\ɔp.ty.ʁa.tœʁ\
The verdict
“obturateur” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,485. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,485
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualifie certains éléments anatomiques qui servent à boucher le trou ovale de l’os iliaque.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obturateur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔp.ty.ʁa.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #47,485 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “obturateur” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around obturateur (IPA \ɔp.ty.ʁa.tœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,485 among 75,470 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qualifie certains éléments anatomiques qui servent à boucher le trou ovale de l’os iliaque.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for obturateur, with forms such as "boturateur", "obbturateur", and "obtruateur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is obturateur, spelled O-B-T-U-R-A-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qualifie certains éléments anatomiques qui servent à boucher le trou ovale de l’os iliaque.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- boturateur
- obbturateur
- obtruateur
- obtturateur
- obtuarteur
- obturaetur
- obturateru
- obturateurr
- obturatteur
- obturatuer
- obturrateur
- obturtaeur
- obutrateur
- otburateur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obturateur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “obturateur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-B-T-U-R-A-T-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔp.ty.ʁa.tœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.