opinion
opin·ion/əˈpɪn.jən/noun
opinion is spelled O-P-I-N-I-O-N, 2 syllables: opin·ion. The wrong spelling people search most is oppinion: about 70 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 75 of all searches for the word. Opinion is a noun meaning “A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning…”. The plural of opinion is opinions.
How many letters and syllables are in opinion?
| Letters | 7: O-P-I-N-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: opin·ion |
| In writing | 87 times per million words; the 1,223rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, oppinion, about 70 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell opinion?
Opinion is spelled O-P-I-N-I-O-N. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 75 of the searches for opinion in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is opinion?
Opinion appears 87 times per million words in written English, the 1,223rd 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).
How do you pronounce opinion?
- /əˈpɪn.jən/
Opinion has 2 syllables, split opin·ion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-opinion.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-opinion.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of opinion
- opinions plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- opinioning participle, present
- opinioned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does opinion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
I would like to know your opinions on the new filing system.
- 2
The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
- 3
obsoleteFavorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.
- 4
obsoleteObstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.
- 5
The 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.
- 6
A 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.
verb
- 1
archaicTo have or express as an opinion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate opinion?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of opinion: Op., op.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Opinion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | avis, opinion , conclusions |
| German | Meinung, Ansicht, Anschauung , Schlussanträge |
| Portuguese | opinião , conclusão |
| Spanish | opinión, parecer, juicio, apreciación, concepto, consideración |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does opinion come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).