oppose
op·pose/əˈpoʊz/verb
oppose is spelled O-P-P-O-S-E, 2 syllables: op·pose. The wrong spelling people search most is opose: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 21 of all searches for the word. Oppose is a verb meaning “To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to…”.
How many letters and syllables are in oppose?
| Letters | 6: O-P-P-O-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: op·pose |
| In writing | 8.7 times per million words; the 7,797th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, opose, about 30 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell oppose?
Oppose is spelled O-P-P-O-S-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 21 of the searches for oppose 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 oppose?
Oppose appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th 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 oppose?
- UK /əˈpəʊz/
- US /əˈpoʊz/
Oppose has 2 syllables, split op·pose in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-oppose.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with oppose?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as oppose from its last stressed vowel (/oʊz/):
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 oppose
- opposes present, singular, he/she/it
- opposing participle, present
- opposed participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does oppose mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
to oppose the king in battle
- 2
To object to.
Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans.
- 3
To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
They are opposed to any form of hierarchy.
- 4
To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Oppose in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | s'opposer à |
| German | ablehnen , widersprechen |
| Portuguese | opor |
| Spanish | oponer, salir al encuentro, asalir (disused) |
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 oppose come from?
From Middle English opposen, from Old French opposer, from Latin ob (“before, against”) + Medieval Latin pono (“to put”), taking the place of Latin opponere (“to oppose”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).