Which to use
“obtiens” and “obtient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,924
- “obtiens” frequency rank
- #3,553
- “obtient” frequency rank
- 23477
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obtiens | obtient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de obtenir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de obtenir. |
Same sound, different letters: obtiens vs obtient
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. obtiens and obtient follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - obtiens and obtient
This is the hard kind. obtiens and obtient are pronounced identically (\ɔp.tjɛ̃\) 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 a single letter - s in “obtiens” becomes t in “obtient”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23477, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
obtiens is recorded at frequency rank #19,924, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔp.tjɛ̃\. obtient is at rank #3,553, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔp.tjɛ̃\.
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 23477, this pair ranks #352,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of obtiens vs obtient
Shared letters: beinot. Private to "obtiens": s. Private to "obtient": -.
"obtiens" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC · "obtient" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "obtiens" and "obtient" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "obtiens" or "obtient" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "obtiens" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "obtient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #352,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obtiens" and "obtient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "obtient vs osaient". 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 #352,275 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.