Which to use
“obligé” is an adjective and “obligera” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,780
- “obligé” frequency rank
- #40,400
- “obligera” frequency rank
- 42180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obligé | obligera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est d’usage, dont on ne peut guère se dispenser ; obligatoire. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de obliger. |
Letter map: obligé vs obligera
Shared letters muted; letters that set obligé and obligera apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. obligé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against obligera's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for obligé / obligera
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: obligé is anadjective and obligeraaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42180, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
obligé is recorded at frequency rank #1,780, classified as anadj. obligera is at rank #40,400, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔ.bli.ʒə.ʁa\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 42180, this pair ranks #227,611 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of obligé vs obligera
Shared letters: bgilo. Private to "obligé": é. Private to "obligera": aer.
"obligé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "obligera" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- obligera ← boligera · obbligera · obilgera · oblgiera · obliegra · obligear · obligerra · obliggera
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "obligé" and "obligera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "obligé" vs "obligera" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "obligé" and "obligera".
- Full dictionary entry for "obligé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "obligera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,611 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obligé" and "obligera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "obligea vs obligera". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #227,611 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.