Which to use
“obligé” is an adjective and “obligez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,780
- “obligé” frequency rank
- #38,948
- “obligez” frequency rank
- 40728
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obligé | obligez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est d’usage, dont on ne peut guère se dispenser ; obligatoire. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de obliger. |
Letter map: obligé vs obligez
Shared letters muted; letters that set obligé and obligez apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. obligé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against obligez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - obligé and obligez
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: obligé is anadjective and obligezaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40728, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
obligé is recorded at frequency rank #1,780, classified as anadj. obligez is at rank #38,948, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔ.bli.ʒe\.
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 40728, this pair ranks #238,343 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of obligé vs obligez
Shared letters: bgilo. Private to "obligé": é. Private to "obligez": ez.
"obligé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "obligez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- obligez ← boligez · obbligez · obilgez · oblgiez · obliegz · obligezz · obliggez · obligze
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "obligé" and "obligez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "obligé" or "obligez"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "obligé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "obligez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #238,343 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obligé" and "obligez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "obligea vs obligez". 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 #238,343 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.