opuso

/[oˈpuso]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,187

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

opuso is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de oponer o de oponerse. Pronounced [oˈpuso]. Often confused with oso and Oruro.

Key facts for opuso
PropertyValue
Headwordopuso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[oˈpuso]
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,187
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for opuso is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈpuso]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,187 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de oponer o de oponerse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for opuso, with forms such as "oppuso", "opsuo", and "opuos". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "oso", "Oruro", "óvulo", 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 opuso, spelled O-P-U-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de oponer o de oponerse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oppuso,opsuo,opuos,opusso,oupso,pouso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for opuso

Misspelling Variants of "opuso"

oppuso6opsuo5opuos5opusso6oupso5pouso5
Misspelling Variants of "opuso"

Frequency rank: #15,187 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "opuso"?
"opuso" is spelled O-P-U-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈpuso].
What does "opuso" mean?
As a verb, "opuso" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de oponer o de oponerse.
What words are commonly confused with "opuso"?
"opuso" is commonly confused with "oso", "Oruro", "óvulo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "opuso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "opuso" is [oˈpuso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "opuso" come from?
"opuso" 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.