Which to use
“obligea” and “obliger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,493
- “obligea” frequency rank
- #6,857
- “obliger” frequency rank
- 49350
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obligea | obliger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de obliger. | Mettre quelqu’un dans l’obligation de faire ou de dire quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes obligea and obliger
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. obligea (VCCVCVV) and obliger (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between obligea and obliger
A purely visual mix-up. obligea (\ɔ.bli.ʒa\) and obliger (\ɔ.bli.ʒe\) 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 a single letter - a in “obligea” becomes r in “obliger”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49350, 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\. obliger is at rank #6,857, 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 49350, this pair ranks #171,409 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of obligea vs obliger
Shared letters: begilo. Private to "obligea": a. Private to "obliger": r.
"obligea" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "obliger" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "obligea" for "obliger" ever safe?
Frequency check: "obligea" vs "obliger" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "obligea" and "obliger" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "obligea" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "obliger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,409 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obligea" and "obliger" 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 #171,409 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.