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oppo

/ˈɑ.poʊ/noun

oppo is spelled O-P-P-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, oppo means “A friend, associate or colleague” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of oppo is oppos or oppoes.

How many letters and syllables are in oppo?

Letters4: O-P-P-O
Syllables2 (from its pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
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 oppo?

Oppo appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th 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 oppo?

  • UK /ˈɒ.pəʊ/
  • US /ˈɑ.poʊ/

Oppo has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-oppo.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with oppo?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as oppo from its last stressed vowel (/ɑpoʊ/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: poop, popo.

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 oppo

  • oppos plural
  • oppoes plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does oppo mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    UKslangA friend, associate or colleague.

  2. 2

    USinformalResearch into one's opponent's family, friends, and past, which aims to uncover activities or interests which embarrass or discredit them.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does oppo come from?

Clipping of opposite number.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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