opaques

\ɔ.pak\

/\ɔ.pak\/ adj

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The verdict

“opaques” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,159. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,159
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de opaque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-opaques · opaques · French

opaques · rank #31,159 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,159
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH ogives

Nearest frequency peer: ogives (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « opaques »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « opaques » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

opaques vs orques
71% similar
opaques vs optiques
75% similar
opaques vs opaque
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for opaques
PropertyValue
Headwordopaques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.pak\
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,159
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « opaques »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.opaquesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ogives » (#31,158), « optimisé » (#31,160), « occulter » (#31,157). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « opaques » est au #31,159. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around opaques (IPA \ɔ.pak\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,159 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de opaque.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for opaques, with forms such as "oapques", "opaqeus", and "opaqques". 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, "orques", "optiques", "opaque", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is opaques, spelled O-P-A-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de opaque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how opaques appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’hypogène est un affaiblisseur à base de quinone qui agit comme le persulfate d’ammoniaque en attaquant surtout les parties opaques des clichés sans détruire les demi-teintes légères.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oapques
  • opaqeus
  • opaqques
  • opaquess
  • opaquse
  • opauqes
  • oppaques
  • opqaues
  • poaques

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of opaques - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

oapques2opaqeus2opaqques1opaquess1opaquse2opauqes2oppaques1opqaues2
Edit distance from "opaques"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "opaques"?
"opaques" is spelled O-P-A-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.pak\.
What does "opaques" mean?
As an adjective, "opaques" means: Pluriel de opaque.
What words are commonly confused with "opaques"?
"opaques" is commonly confused with "orques", "optiques", "opaque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "opaques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "opaques" is \ɔ.pak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "opaques" come from?
"opaques" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "opaques", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ouvrons#31,162nitrate#31,150pastore#31,169Monfils#31,140

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

pandas9 variantsmongol9 variantsposons9 variantspriest9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list