opere-citato
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "opere-citato", 12-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "opere-citato" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "opere-citato" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
The verdict
“opere citato” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adverb — the kind of word writers most often double-check.
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Dominant Wiktionary sense: In the work (already) cited or quoted. Used, typically in footnotes and endnotes, to cite in an abbreviated form a source that has been cited previously; frequently abbreviated as op. cit.
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Browse all word comparisons →| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opere citato |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈɒpɛɹeɪ sɪˈtɑːtəʊ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for opere citato is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɒpɛɹeɪ sɪˈtɑːtəʊ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "In the work (already) cited or quoted. Used, typically in footnotes and endnotes, to cite in an abbreviated form a source that has been cited previously; frequently abbreviated as op. cit.".
No misspelling variants are generated for opere citato in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: From post-Classical Latin opere citātō (“in the work quoted”), ablative singular form of opus citātum (“quoted work; the work quoted”), from Classical Latin opus (“work”) + citātum, neuter singular past participial form of citō (“I summon”). Compare opus ci… Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is opere citato, spelled O-P-E-R-E- -C-I-T-A-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1In the work (already) cited or quoted. Used, typically in footnotes and endnotes, to cite in an abbreviated form a source that has been cited previously; frequently abbreviated as op. cit.
Etymology
From post-Classical Latin opere citātō (“in the work quoted”), ablative singular form of opus citātum (“quoted work; the work quoted”), from Classical Latin opus (“work”) + citātum, neuter singular past participial form of citō (“I summon”). Compare opus citatum, opere laudato, loco citato, locus citatus.
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- The one correct English spelling is O-P-E-R-E- -C-I-T-A-T-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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