opinion
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "opinion", 7-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "opinion" 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 "opinion" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
opinion is aEnglishnoun. It means: A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing. Pronounced /əˈpɪn.jən/. It ranks #1,230 in English word frequency. Often confused with option and opinions.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opinion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈpɪn.jən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for opinion is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈpɪn.jən/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,230 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for opinion, with forms such as "oipnion", "opiinon", and "opinino". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "option", "opinions", "onion", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From English opine + -ion, from Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from opīnor (“to opine”). Displaced native Old English wēna. 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 opinion, spelled O-P-I-N-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
- 2The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
- 3Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.
- 4Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.
- 5The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a doctor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.
- 6A judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible.
Etymology
From English opine + -ion, from Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from opīnor (“to opine”). Displaced native Old English wēna.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oipnion,opiinon,opinino,opinionn,opinnion,opinoin,opniion,oppinion,poinion
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Misspelling Variants of "opinion"
Frequency rank: #1,230 in English
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