Which to use
“obligera” and “obligez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,400
- “obligera” frequency rank
- #38,948
- “obligez” frequency rank
- 79348
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obligera | obligez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de obliger. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de obliger. |
Where the eye mixes obligera and obligez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. obligera runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against obligez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: obligera vs obligez
A purely visual mix-up. obligera (\ɔ.bli.ʒə.ʁa\) and obligez (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
obligera is recorded at frequency rank #40,400, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔ.bli.ʒə.ʁa\. 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 79348, this pair ranks #23,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of obligera vs obligez
Shared letters: begilo. Private to "obligera": ar. Private to "obligez": z.
"obligera" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "obligez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "obligera" and "obligez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "obligera" or "obligez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "obligera" 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 #23,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obligera" and "obligez" 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 #23,522 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.