Which to use
“oublie” and “oublis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,748
- “oublie” frequency rank
- #32,099
- “oublis” frequency rank
- 33847
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | oublie | oublis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mince gaufre que l’on cuit entre deux fers, et qui peut être roulée en cornet. | Pluriel de oubli. |
Same sound, different letters: oublie vs oublis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. oublie (VVCCVV) and oublis (VVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - oublie and oublis
This is the hard kind. oublie and oublis are pronounced identically (\u.bli\) 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 “oublie” becomes s in “oublis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33847, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
oublie is recorded at frequency rank #1,748, classified as anoun, pronounced \u.bli\. oublis is at rank #32,099, tagged as anoun, pronounced \u.bli\.
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 33847, this pair ranks #287,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of oublie vs oublis
Shared letters: bilou. Private to "oublie": e. Private to "oublis": s.
"oublie" · 6 letters · shape VVCCVV · "oublis" · 6 letters · shape VVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "oublie" and "oublis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "oublie" vs "oublis" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "oublie" / "oublis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "oublie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "oublis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "oublie" and "oublis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "obéis vs oublis". 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 #287,878 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.