Which to use
“obligea” and “obligera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,493
- “obligea” frequency rank
- #40,400
- “obligera” frequency rank
- 82893
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obligea | obligera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de obliger. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de obliger. |
Where the eye mixes obligea and obligera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. obligea runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against obligera's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: obligea vs obligera
A purely visual mix-up. obligea (\ɔ.bli.ʒa\) and obligera (\ɔ.bli.ʒə.ʁa\) 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 82893, 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\. 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 82893, this pair ranks #15,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of obligea vs obligera
Shared letters: abegilo. Private to "obligea": -. Private to "obligera": r.
"obligea" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "obligera" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "obligea" and "obligera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "obligea" or "obligera"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "obligea" 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 #15,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obligea" and "obligera" 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 #15,813 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.