opinion poll
"opinion-poll" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“opinion poll” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A poll organized in an attempt to quantify public opinion on a subject.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opinion poll |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “opinion poll” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
opinion poll is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A poll organized in an attempt to quantify public opinion on a subject.".
opinion poll doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 opinion + poll. The correct English form is opinion poll, spelled O-P-I-N-I-O-N- -P-O-L-L.
Definition
- 1A poll organized in an attempt to quantify public opinion on a subject.
Etymology
From opinion + poll.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “opinion poll”
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- The one correct English spelling is O-P-I-N-I-O-N- -P-O-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.