opponent
/əˈpəʊ.nənt/
The verdict
“opponent” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Oponente, rival, contendiente.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opponent |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈpəʊ.nənt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “opponent” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
opponent is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈpəʊ.nənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oponente, rival, contendiente.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for opponent in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 opponent, spelled O-P-P-O-N-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Oponente, rival, contendiente.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “opponent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-P-P-O-N-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈpəʊ.nənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.