opus
/ˈəʊpəs/noun
opus is spelled O-P-U-S: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, opus means “A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of opus is opuses or opera.
How many letters and syllables are in opus?
| Letters | 4: O-P-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 opus?
Opus appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th 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 opus?
- /ˈəʊpəs/
- /ˈɒpəs/
Opus has 2 syllables (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-opus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with opus?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as opus.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: soup, puso, pous.
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 opus
- opuses plural
- opera plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does opus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.
Beethoven's "Razumovsky" Quartets, Op. 59, are considered by many to be the beginning of the Romantic era.
- 2
A work, especially of art.
The painter's last opus was a dedication to all things living, in a surprising contrast to all of his prior work.
noun
- 1
plural of OPU
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does opus come from?
Borrowed from Latin opus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).