oubli

/\u.bli\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,094

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

oubli is aFrenchnoun. It means: Manque de souvenir. Pronounced \u.bli\. It ranks #7,094 in French word frequency. Often confused with oui and oula.

Key facts for oubli
PropertyValue
Headwordoubli
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\u.bli\
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,094
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of oubli in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for oubli is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \u.bli\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,094 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for oubli, with forms such as "obuli", "oubbli", and "oubil". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "oui", "oula", "oublie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is oubli, spelled O-U-B-L-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manque de souvenir.
  2. 2
    Négligence, manquement.
  3. 3
    Pardon, renoncement.
  4. 4
    Le fleuve d’oubli, Le fleuve qui, suivant les anciens, coulait dans les enfers et dont les eaux, disaient-ils, faisaient perdre la mémoire à ceux qui en buvaient. On l’appelle autrement le Léthé.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: obuli,oubbli,oubil,oublli,oulbi,uobli

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for oubli

Misspelling Variants of "oubli"

obuli5oubbli6oubil5oublli6oulbi5uobli5
Misspelling Variants of "oubli"

Frequency rank: #7,094 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oubli"?
"oubli" is spelled O-U-B-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is \u.bli\.
What does "oubli" mean?
As a noun, "oubli" means: Manque de souvenir.
What words are commonly confused with "oubli"?
"oubli" is commonly confused with "oui", "oula", "oublie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oubli"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oubli" is \u.bli\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oubli" come from?
"oubli" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.