obturation
\ɔp.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“obturation” is uncommon French (frequency #60,240 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,240
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’obturer ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obturation · obturation · French
obturation · rank #60,240 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,240
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH occuperai
Nearest frequency peer: occuperai (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « obturation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nicol
nicol
39,766 corpus weight
- obturation
obturation
39,761 corpus weight
- occuperai
occuperai
39,760 corpus weight
- OEA
OEA
39,758 corpus weight
- ombragée
ombragée
39,757 corpus weight
- onctueux
onctueux
39,756 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « obturation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obturation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔp.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « obturation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
obturation is uncommon French at frequency #60,240 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔp.ty.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’obturer ou résultat de cette action.".
obturation has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is obturation, spelled O-B-T-U-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’obturer ou résultat de cette action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how obturation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Robert Kurtis essaie d’assurer l’obturation en entassant des balles de coton contre les bordages défoncés.
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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