opinión

/[opiˈnjõn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#630

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

opinión is aSpanishnoun. It means: Grado personal de verdad, impresión o certeza que alguien se ha formado sobre algo, especialmente en casos cuestionables; perspectiva o punto de vista de alguien sobre un tema, situación o asunto. Pronounced [opiˈnjõn]. It ranks #630 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with opino and oponían.

Key facts for opinión
PropertyValue
Headwordopinión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[opiˈnjõn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#630
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of opinión in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for opinión is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [opiˈnjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #630 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for opinión, with forms such as "oipnión", "opiinón", and "opininó". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "opino", "oponían", "opiniones", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is opinión, spelled O-P-I-N-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grado personal de verdad, impresión o certeza que alguien se ha formado sobre algo, especialmente en casos cuestionables; perspectiva o punto de vista de alguien sobre un tema, situación o asunto.
  2. 2
    Fama o reputación en que se tiene a alguien o algo.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oipnión,opiinón,opininó,opiniónn,opinnión,opinóin,opniión,oppinión,poinión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for opinión

Misspelling Variants of "opinión"

oipnión7opiinón7opininó7opiniónn8opinnión8opinóin7opniión7oppinión8
Misspelling Variants of "opinión"

Frequency rank: #630 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "opinión"?
"opinión" is spelled O-P-I-N-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [opiˈnjõn].
What does "opinión" mean?
As a noun, "opinión" means: Grado personal de verdad, impresión o certeza que alguien se ha formado sobre algo, especialmente en casos cuestionables; perspectiva o punto de vista de alguien sobre un tema, situación o asunto.
What words are commonly confused with "opinión"?
"opinión" is commonly confused with "opino", "oponían", "opiniones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "opinión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "opinión" is [opiˈnjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "opinión" come from?
"opinión" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.