Which to use
“obligée” is an adjective and “obligez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,720
- “obligée” frequency rank
- #38,948
- “obligez” frequency rank
- 45668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obligée | obligez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de obligé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de obliger. |
Same sound, different letters: obligée vs obligez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. obligée (VCCVCVV) and obligez (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - obligée / obligez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: obligée and obligez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɔ.bli.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
obligée is recorded at frequency rank #6,720, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɔ.bli.ʒe\. 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 45668, this pair ranks #200,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of obligée vs obligez
Shared letters: begilo. Private to "obligée": é. Private to "obligez": z.
"obligée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "obligez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- obligez ← boligez · obbligez · obilgez · oblgiez · obliegz · obligezz · obliggez · obligze
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "obligée" for "obligez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "obligée" vs "obligez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "obligée" 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 #200,977 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obligée" 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 #200,977 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.