oponente
[opoˈnẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“oponente” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #12,437 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #12,437
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que opone, se opone o está en contra.
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 | oponente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [opoˈnẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oponente” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for oponente is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [opoˈnẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,437 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que opone, se opone o está en contra.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for oponente, with forms such as "oopnente", "opnoente", and "opoennte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "oponerse", "oponentes", "oponen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is oponente, spelled O-P-O-N-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Que opone, se opone o está en contra.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oopnente,opnoente,opoennte,oponenet,oponennte,oponentte,oponetne,oponnente,oponnete,opponente,poonente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oponente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “oponente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-P-O-N-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [opoˈnẽn̪t̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “oponerse” - see the side-by-side comparison. oponente vs oponerse
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.