opiniâtre
\ɔ.pi.njatʁ\
The verdict
“opiniâtre” is uncommon French (frequency #57,475 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,475
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est trop fortement attaché à son opinion, à sa volonté, en parlant des personnes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-opiniatre · opiniâtre · French
opiniâtre · rank #57,475 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,475
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH odorantes
Nearest frequency peer: odorantes (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « opiniâtre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- néandertali…
néandertaliens
42,532 corpus weight
- néerlandoph…
néerlandophone
42,531 corpus weight
- négritude
négritude
42,530 corpus weight
- odorantes
odorantes
42,528 corpus weight
- opiniâtre
opiniâtre
42,526 corpus weight
- oxygénée
oxygénée
42,524 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « opiniâtre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opiniâtre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɔ.pi.njatʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « opiniâtre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
opiniâtre is uncommon French at frequency #57,475 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔ.pi.njatʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for opiniâtre in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is opiniâtre, spelled O-P-I-N-I-Â-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est trop fortement attaché à son opinion, à sa volonté, en parlant des personnes.
- 2Se dit des choses où l’on met de la persévérance, de l’obstination, de l’acharnement.
- 3Qui dure longtemps, qui résiste aux remèdes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how opiniâtre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tous les sots sont opiniâtres, et tous les opiniâtres sont des sots.
Celui-là est défendu contre les quémandeurs trop opiniâtres par une sorte de femelle revêche, bourrue, grimaçante, qui s'entend à merveille à décourager les volontés les plus obstinées.
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); 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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