opiacé
\ɔ.pja.se\
The verdict
“opiacé” is uncommon French (frequency #96,203 among 75,470 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,203
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui contient de l’opium, en parlant de certains médicaments ou de certaines substances.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opiacé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ.pja.se\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,203 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “opiacé” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
opiacé is uncommon French at frequency #96,203 among 75,470 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔ.pja.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui contient de l’opium, en parlant de certains médicaments ou de certaines substances.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for opiacé, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is opiacé, spelled O-P-I-A-C-É.
Definition
- 1Qui contient de l’opium, en parlant de certains médicaments ou de certaines substances.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “opiacé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-P-I-A-C-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔ.pja.se\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.