Which to use
“obtenu” and “obtenue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,828
- “obtenu” frequency rank
- #8,744
- “obtenue” frequency rank
- 10572
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obtenu | obtenue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de obtenir. | Participe passé féminin singulier de obtenir. |
Same sound, different letters: obtenu vs obtenue
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - obtenu and obtenue
This is the hard kind. obtenu and obtenue are pronounced identically (\ɔp.tə.ny\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “obtenu” sits inside “obtenue”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
obtenu is recorded at frequency rank #1,828, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔp.tə.ny\. obtenue is at rank #8,744, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔp.tə.ny\.
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 10572, this pair ranks #412,458 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of obtenu vs obtenue
Shared letters: benotu. Private to "obtenu": -. Private to "obtenue": -.
"obtenu" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "obtenue" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "obtenu" and "obtenue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "obtenu" vs "obtenue" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "obtenu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "obtenue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,458 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obtenu" and "obtenue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "obtenu vs optent". 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 #412,458 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.