oublieux

adj

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The verdict

“oublieux” is uncommon French (frequency #93,057 among 75,470 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,057
frequency rank, French
75,470
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui a oublié, qui est sujet à oublier.

Key facts for oublieux
PropertyValue
Headwordoublieux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,057
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “oublieux” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). oublieux lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

oublieux is uncommon French at frequency #93,057 among 75,470 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a oublié, qui est sujet à oublier.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for oublieux, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is oublieux, spelled O-U-B-L-I-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a oublié, qui est sujet à oublier.

This word in other languages

oblivious(English)vergesslich(Deutsch)

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 "oublieux"?
"oublieux" is spelled O-U-B-L-I-E-U-X.
What does "oublieux" mean?
As an adjective, "oublieux" means: Qui a oublié, qui est sujet à oublier.
What language does "oublieux" come from?
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Using “oublieux”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is O-U-B-L-I-E-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list