obsédéevsobsédésWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“obsédée” and “obsédés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,936
“obsédée” frequency rank
#30,284
“obsédés” frequency rank
63220
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature obsédée obsédés
Definition Femme obsédée. Pluriel de obsédé.

Same sound, different letters: obsédée vs obsédés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.

7 ch
obsédée
7 ch
obsédés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. obsédée and obsédés are pronounced identically (\ɔb.se.de\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “obsédée” becomes s in “obsédés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63220, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

obsédée is recorded at frequency rank #32,936, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔb.se.de\. obsédés is at rank #30,284, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔb.se.de\.

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 63220, this pair ranks #83,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of obsédée vs obsédés

Shared letters: bdosé. Private to "obsédée": e. Private to "obsédés": -.

"obsédée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "obsédés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "obsédée" and "obsédés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɔb.se.de\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "obsédée" or "obsédés"?
"obsédés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,284 in our French list, against #32,936 for "obsédée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list