opulent
/ˈɒpjʊlənt/
"opulent" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“opulent” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,523. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,523
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-opulent · opulent · English
opulent · rank #32,523 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #32,523
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH ordinate
Nearest frequency peer: ordinate (+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 “opulent”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- oaths
oaths
67,483 corpus weight
- octagon
octagon
67,481 corpus weight
- opulent
opulent
67,478 corpus weight
- ordinate
ordinate
67,477 corpus weight
- organist
organist
67,476 corpus weight
- outstretched
outstretched
67,473 corpus weight
What this shows “opulent” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opulent |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɒpjʊlənt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,523 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “opulent”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around opulent (IPA /ˈɒpjʊlənt/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,523 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for opulent, with forms such as "opluent", "oppulent", and "opuelnt". 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, "opulence", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”). The correct English form is opulent, spelled O-P-U-L-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
- 2Rich, sumptuous and extravagant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how opulent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He saw himself, in a smart suit and a songkok, bowed into the opulent suites of Ritzes and Waldorfs and baring, under dark glasses, a hairy chest to a milder sun by a snakeless sea.
It is a glossy film with gross, opulent opticals and little comic, or any, relief; it has the jaundiced complexion of an early 60s underground film, which it is; it is ponderous, Wagnerian, and feels about five hours long (its running time is about an hour).
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opluent
- oppulent
- opuelnt
- opulennt
- opulentt
- opuletn
- opullent
- opulnet
- ouplent
- poulent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of opulent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).