opposable
"opposable" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“opposable” is uncommon English (frequency #79,821 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,821
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Susceptible to being opposed or resisted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-opposable · opposable · English
opposable · rank #79,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,821
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH optoelectronic
Nearest frequency peer: optoelectronic (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “opposable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- OMC
OMC
20,187 corpus weight
- onomatopoeia
onomatopoeia
20,185 corpus weight
- OPD
OPD
20,182 corpus weight
- opposable
opposable
20,180 corpus weight
- optoelectro…
optoelectronic
20,179 corpus weight
- orn
orn
20,175 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “opposable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opposable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “opposable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
opposable is uncommon English at frequency #79,821 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for opposable in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From oppose + -able. The correct English form is opposable, spelled O-P-P-O-S-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Susceptible to being opposed or resisted.
- 2Capable of being placed opposite something else.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how opposable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The thumb is opposable to the forefinger.
Etymology
From oppose + -able.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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