obvers
\ɔb.vɛʁ\
The verdict
“obvers” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Côté de la médaille opposé au revers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-obvers · obvers · French
obvers · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obvers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔb.vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
obvers is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔb.vɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Côté de la médaille opposé au revers.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for obvers, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is obvers, spelled O-B-V-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Côté de la médaille opposé au revers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how obvers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une médaille d’or de Pergame, ayant à l’obvers une tête d’Hercule enfant, et au revers Minerve vue de face.
Lorsqu’aux jeux Olympiques un athlète gagne une médaille d'or, on ne vous en montre toujours que l’endroit (ou avers ou obvers).
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.