Which to use
“obligez” and “oubliez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,948
- “obligez” frequency rank
- #3,554
- “oubliez” frequency rank
- 42502
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obligez | oubliez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de obliger. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de oublier. |
Where the eye mixes obligez and oubliez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. obligez (VCCVCVC) and oubliez (VVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses obligez with oubliez
A purely visual mix-up. obligez (\ɔ.bli.ʒe\) and oubliez (\u.bli.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
obligez is recorded at frequency rank #38,948, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔ.bli.ʒe\. oubliez is at rank #3,554, tagged as averb, pronounced \u.bli.je\.
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 42502, this pair ranks #225,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of obligez vs oubliez
Shared letters: beiloz. Private to "obligez": g. Private to "oubliez": u.
"obligez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "oubliez" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "obligez" and "oubliez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "obligez" or "oubliez" 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 "obligez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "oubliez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #225,130 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obligez" and "oubliez" 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 #225,130 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.