equal-opportunity
"equal-opportunity" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“equal-opportunity” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Targeting everyone indiscriminately.
Corpus desk
Index EN-equal-opportunity · equal-opportunity · English
equal-opportunity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | equal-opportunity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “equal-opportunity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
equal-opportunity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Targeting everyone indiscriminately.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for equal-opportunity in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Comes from equal-opportunity employer and similar phrases, where it is used literally to mean that the opportunity for employment is available equally to all, regardless of, for example, an applicant's race. The correct English form is equal-opportunity, spelled E-Q-U-A-L---O-P-P-O-R-T-U-N-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Targeting everyone indiscriminately.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how equal-opportunity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
equal-opportunity insulter
Etymology
Comes from equal-opportunity employer and similar phrases, where it is used literally to mean that the opportunity for employment is available equally to all, regardless of, for example, an applicant's race.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.