Opposition
[ɔpoziˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Opposition” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #3,472 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,472
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gegenspielende Partei oder Formation einer Regierung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Opposition |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔpoziˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #3,472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Opposition” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Opposition is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɔpoziˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,472 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Opposition, with forms such as "opopsition", "oposition", and "oppoistion". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Opposition, spelled O-P-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1gegenspielende Partei oder Formation einer Regierung
- 2Gruppe mit gegenteiliger oder gegenspielender Meinung
- 3der Sonne am Himmel genau gegenüberstehende Lage eines Planeten
- 4entgegengesetzte (besonders politische) Meinung oder Haltung
- 5eine bestimmte Stellung der gegnerischen Könige zueinander
- 6Beziehung zwischen sprachlichen Einheiten, die man in einem Wort oder Satz gegeneinander austauschen kann, ohne dass diese dadurch grammatisch falsch werden, sich aber die Bedeutung ändert
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: opopsition,oposition,oppoistion,opposiiton,oppositino,oppositionn,oppositoin,opposittion,oppossition,oppostiion,oppsoition,poposition
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Opposition - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Opposition”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-P-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɔpoziˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.