opposing

adj

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"opposing" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“opposing” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,717
frequency rank, English
1,431
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.

Corpus desk

Index EN-opposing · opposing · English

opposing · rank #6,717 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,717
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,431
  • PHOTO-FINISH o'clock

Nearest frequency peer: o'clock (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “opposing”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “opposing” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

opposing vs opposite
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for opposing
PropertyValue
Headwordopposing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,717
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “opposing”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).opposinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “o'clock” (#6,716), “nut” (#6,715), “Orlando” (#6,719). Among 1,431 “O” headwords, “opposing” is #6,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around opposing, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,717 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for opposing, with forms such as "opopsing", "oposing", and "oppoisng". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "opposite", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is opposing, spelled O-P-P-O-S-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how opposing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. opposing armies
  2. opposing players

This word in other languages

enfrentado(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opopsing
  • oposing
  • oppoisng
  • opposign
  • opposingg
  • opposinng
  • opposnig
  • oppossing
  • oppsoing
  • poposing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of opposing - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

opopsing2oposing1oppoisng2opposign2opposingg1opposinng1opposnig2oppossing1
Edit distance from "opposing"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "opposing"?
"opposing" is spelled O-P-P-O-S-I-N-G.
What does "opposing" mean?
As an adjective, "opposing" means: That opposes or oppose; on the opposite side.
What words are commonly confused with "opposing"?
"opposing" is commonly confused with "opposite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "opposing" come from?
"opposing" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "opposing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pipeline#6,722meantime#6,710likewise#6,705resigned#6,731

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

o'clock10 variantsOrlando10 variantssketch10 variantsinduced10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list