Which to use
“opinion” and “opinions” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,230
- “opinion” frequency rank
- #3,574
- “opinions” frequency rank
- 4804
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | opinion | opinions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing. | plural of opinion |
Where the eye mixes opinion and opinions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. opinion runs 7 letters (VCVCVVC) against opinions's 8 (VCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between opinion and opinions
A purely visual mix-up. opinion (/əˈpɪn.jən/) and opinions (/əˈpɪn.jənz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “opinion” sits inside “opinions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4804, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
opinion is recorded at frequency rank #1,230, classified as anoun, pronounced /əˈpɪn.jən/. opinions is at rank #3,574, tagged as anoun, pronounced /əˈpɪn.jənz/.
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 4804, this pair ranks #517,613 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of opinion vs opinions
Shared letters: inop. Private to "opinion": -. Private to "opinions": s.
"opinion" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "opinions" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "opinion" and "opinions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "opinion" vs "opinions" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "opinion" and "opinions" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "opinion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "opinions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #517,613 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "opinion" and "opinions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "onions vs opinions". 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 #517,613 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.