oubliéesvsoublierasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: oubliées is a adjective, oublieras is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“oubliées” is an adjective and “oublieras” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,361
“oubliées” frequency rank
#45,773
“oublieras” frequency rank
65134
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature oubliées oublieras
Definition Féminin pluriel de oublié. Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de oublier.

Where the eye mixes oubliées and oublieras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. oubliées runs 8 letters (VVCCVVVC) against oublieras's 9 (VVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
oubliées
9 ch
oublieras

Why the eye confuses oubliées with oublieras

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: oubliées is \u.bli.je\ while oublieras is \u.bli.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65134, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

oubliées is recorded at frequency rank #19,361, classified as anadj, pronounced \u.bli.je\. oublieras is at rank #45,773, tagged as averb, pronounced \u.bli.ʁa\.

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 65134, this pair ranks #73,698 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of oubliées vs oublieras

Shared letters: beilosu. Private to "oubliées": é. Private to "oublieras": ar.

"oubliées" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVVVC  ·  "oublieras" · 9 letters · shape VVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • oublierasobulieras · oubblieras · oubileras · oubleiras · oubliears · oublierass · oublierras · oubliersa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "oubliées" and "oublieras" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "oubliées" is an adjective and "oublieras" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "oubliées" or "oublieras" show up more?
"oubliées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,361 in our French list, against #45,773 for "oublieras". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "oubliées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "oublieras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,698 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "oubliées" and "oublieras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oublieras vs oublierons". 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 #73,698 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list