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“obligea” and “obligent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,493
- “obligea” frequency rank
- #16,957
- “obligent” frequency rank
- 59450
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obligea | obligent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de obliger. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de obliger. |
Where the eye mixes obligea and obligent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: obligea vs obligent
A purely visual mix-up. obligea (\ɔ.bli.ʒa\) and obligent (\ɔ.bliʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
obligea is recorded at frequency rank #42,493, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔ.bli.ʒa\. obligent is at rank #16,957, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔ.bliʒ\.
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 59450, this pair ranks #103,064 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of obligea vs obligent
Shared letters: begilo. Private to "obligea": a. Private to "obligent": nt.
"obligea" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "obligent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "obligea" for "obligent" ever safe?
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "obligea" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "obligent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,064 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obligea" and "obligent" 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 #103,064 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.