opening

\ɔ.pœ.niŋ\

/\ɔ.pœ.niŋ\/ noun

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The verdict

“opening” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,981
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Générique de début d’un anime ou d’une série.

Corpus desk

Index FR-opening · opening · French

opening · rank #36,981 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,981
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH ono

Nearest frequency peer: ono (-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 « opening »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « opening » 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
Key facts for opening
PropertyValue
Headwordopening
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.pœ.niŋ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,981
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « opening »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).openingse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ono » (#36,980), « opprobre » (#36,982), « October » (#36,979). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « opening » est au #36,981. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around opening (IPA \ɔ.pœ.niŋ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,981 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for opening, with forms such as "oepning", "opeinng", and "openign". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is opening, spelled O-P-E-N-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Générique de début d’un anime ou d’une série.
  2. 2
    Thème musical de ce générique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le même opening peut aussi changer dans la suite des épisodes […]
  2. Un opening c'est la musique que tu entends au début de l'anime comme ouverture, et l'ending celui de la fin

Antonyms

ending

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oepning
  • opeinng
  • openign
  • openingg
  • openinng
  • opennig
  • openning
  • opneing
  • oppening
  • poening

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of opening - 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.

oepning2opeinng2openign2openingg1openinng1opennig2openning1opneing2
Edit distance from "opening"

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 "opening"?
"opening" is spelled O-P-E-N-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.pœ.niŋ\.
What does "opening" mean?
As a noun, "opening" means: Générique de début d’un anime ou d’une série.
What are common misspellings of "opening"?
Common misspellings include "oepning", "opeinng", "openign", "openingg", "openinng". The correct spelling is "opening".
How do you pronounce "opening"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "opening" is \ɔ.pœ.niŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "opening" come from?
"opening" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

October#36,979origins#36,983parente#36,989parlées#36,990

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

opprobre10 variantspilotis10 variantsplacide10 variantsmitigée10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list