opportuneness

noun

"opportuneness" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“opportuneness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or condition of being opportune.

Corpus desk

Index EN-opportuneness · opportuneness · English

opportuneness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "O" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for opportuneness
PropertyValue
Headwordopportuneness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “opportuneness” in English

opportunenessfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

opportuneness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or condition of being opportune.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for opportuneness, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From opportune + -ness. The correct English form is opportuneness, spelled O-P-P-O-R-T-U-N-E-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or condition of being opportune.

Etymology

From opportune + -ness.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "opportuneness"?
"opportuneness" is spelled O-P-P-O-R-T-U-N-E-N-E-S-S.
What does "opportuneness" mean?
As a noun, "opportuneness" means: The state or condition of being opportune.
What is the origin of the word "opportuneness"?
From opportune + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list