Opposition

/[ɔpoziˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,472

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Opposition is aGermannoun. It means: gegenspielende Partei oder Formation einer Regierung Pronounced [ɔpoziˈt͡si̯oːn]. It ranks #3,472 in German word frequency.

Key facts for Opposition
PropertyValue
HeadwordOpposition
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɔpoziˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,472
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Opposition in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Opposition is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Opposition, with forms such as "opopsition", "oposition", and "oppoistion". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Opposition, spelled O-P-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gegenspielende Partei oder Formation einer Regierung
  2. 2
    Gruppe mit gegenteiliger oder gegenspielender Meinung
  3. 3
    der Sonne am Himmel genau gegenüberstehende Lage eines Planeten
  4. 4
    entgegengesetzte (besonders politische) Meinung oder Haltung
  5. 5
    eine bestimmte Stellung der gegnerischen Könige zueinander
  6. 6
    Beziehung 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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: opopsition,oposition,oppoistion,opposiiton,oppositino,oppositionn,oppositoin,opposittion,oppossition,oppostiion,oppsoition,poposition

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Opposition

Misspelling Variants of "Opposition"

opopsition10oposition9oppoistion10opposiiton10oppositino10oppositionn11oppositoin10opposittion11
Misspelling Variants of "Opposition"

Frequency rank: #3,472 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Opposition"?
"Opposition" is spelled O-P-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɔpoziˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Opposition" mean?
As a noun, "Opposition" means: gegenspielende Partei oder Formation einer Regierung
What are common misspellings of "Opposition"?
Common misspellings include "opopsition", "oposition", "oppoistion", "opposiiton", "oppositino". The correct spelling is "Opposition".
How do you pronounce "Opposition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Opposition" is [ɔpoziˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Opposition" come from?
"Opposition" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.