Which to use
“ops” and “opus” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,639
- “ops” frequency rank
- #23,619
- “opus” frequency rank
- 33258
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ops | opus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | operations | A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works. |
Letter map: ops vs opus
Shared letters muted; letters that set ops and opus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & dictionary notes on ops vs opus
ops and opus are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33258, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ops is recorded at frequency rank #9,639, classified as anoun. opus is at rank #23,619, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈəʊpəs/.
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 33258, this pair ranks #330,999 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ops vs opus
Shared letters: ops. Private to "ops": -. Private to "opus": u.
"ops" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "opus" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- opus ← oppus · opsu · opuss · oups · pous
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ops" and "opus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "ops" or "opus" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "ops" vs "opus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "ops" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "opus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #330,999 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ops" and "opus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "opus vs OWS". 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 #330,999 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.