opté
[opˈt̪e]
The verdict
“opté” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,405 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,405
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de optar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-opte · opté · Spanish
opté · rank #54,405 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,405
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH operation
Nearest frequency peer: operation (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “opté”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- obtendrían
obtendrían
45,599 corpus weight
- oftalmólogo
oftalmólogo
45,598 corpus weight
- operation
operation
45,597 corpus weight
- opté
opté
45,596 corpus weight
- orcas
orcas
45,595 corpus weight
- ortopedia
ortopedia
45,593 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “opté” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opté |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [opˈt̪e] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #54,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “opté” en español
Rare enough to double-check
opté is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,405 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [opˈt̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de optar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for opté, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is opté, spelled O-P-T-É.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de optar.
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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