oposición
The verdict
“oposición” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,300 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,300
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Acción o efecto de oponerse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oposición |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oposiˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oposición” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for oposición is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oposiˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,300 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for oposición, with forms such as "oopsición", "opocición", and "opoisción". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "oposiciones", 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 oposición, spelled O-P-O-S-I-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de oponerse.
- 2Disposición de cosas que están enfrentadas unas con las otras.
- 3Configuración de dos astros que se encuentran, en relación con la Tierra, en dos puntos del cielo diametralmente opuestos.
- 4Partido político o coalición que no tiene el control del poder (y por lo tanto está enfrentada al partido que sí lo tiene) ya sea porque no está en el poder ejecutivo o porque no tiene la mayoría en el poder legislativo.
- 5Antagonismo entre dos sectores de la sociedad.
- 6Situación que ocurre cuando los reyes están enfrentados y en casillas del mismo color, con una casilla de separación, en donde el jugador que tiene el turno debe ceder el paso al rey del rival.
- 7Procedimiento de selección de personal, habitual en las instituciones docentes y la administración, que consiste en el enfrentamiento público de dos o más candidatos ante un tribunal.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oopsición,opocición,opoisción,oposciión,oposicción,oposicinó,oposiciónn,oposicóin,oposiicón,oposisión,opossición,opposición,opsoición,poosición
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oposición - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "oposición"
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 “oposición”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-P-O-S-I-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oposiˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “oposiciones” - see the side-by-side comparison. oposición vs oposiciones
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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