opa
noun
opa is spelled O-P-A: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, opa means “Grandfather, grandpa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of opa is opas.
How many letters and syllables are in opa?
| Letters | 3: O-P-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is opa?
Opa appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with opa?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as opa.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pao, apo, poa.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of opa
- opas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does opa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Grandfather, grandpa.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of optionally piloted aircraft.
- 2
Initialism of offensive patent aggregation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does opa come from?
Borrowed from German Opa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).