opt
/ɑpt/verb
opt is spelled O-P-T: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, opt means “To choose; select” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in opt?
| Letters | 3: O-P-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 opt?
Opt appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th 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 opt?
- UK /ɒpt/
- US /ɑpt/
- Australia /ɔpt/
Opt has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-opt.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with opt?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as opt from its last stressed vowel (/ɑpt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: top, pot.
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 opt
- opts present, singular, he/she/it
- opting participle, present
- opted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does opt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To choose; select.
He opted not to go.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Opt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to choose:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | opter |
| German | optieren, wählen, sich entscheiden |
| Portuguese | optar |
| Spanish | elegir, escoger, optar, seleccionar |
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 opt come from?
First attested in 1853; borrowed from French opter, from Latin optō (“to choose; to select”). Doublet of optate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).