opilion
\ɔ.pi.ljɔ̃\
The verdict
“opilion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arachnide couramment nommé faucheur, faucheuse, ou faucheux, l’ordre des opilions ou Opiliones regroupe plus de 6000 espèces.
Corpus desk
Index FR-opilion · opilion · French
opilion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opilion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.pi.ljɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « opilion » en français
Rare enough to double-check
opilion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.pi.ljɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arachnide couramment nommé faucheur, faucheuse, ou faucheux, l’ordre des opilions ou Opiliones regroupe plus de 6000 espèces.".
opilion has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is opilion, spelled O-P-I-L-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Arachnide couramment nommé faucheur, faucheuse, ou faucheux, l’ordre des opilions ou Opiliones regroupe plus de 6000 espèces.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how opilion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les opilions se distinguent des araignées par l’absence de venin et de soie et par le fait que leur abdomen segmenté et leur céphalothorax sont soudés, leurs pattes se détachent facilement.
Un opilion, cette araignée au corps minuscule et aux interminables pattes, joue des échasses entre deux pierres.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.