opiniâtre
\ɔ.pi.njatʁ\
The verdict
“opiniâtre” is an uncommon French word, ranked #57,475 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #57,475
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est trop fortement attaché à son opinion, à sa volonté, en parlant des personnes.
| 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) |
Where “opiniâtre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for opiniâtre is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ.pi.njatʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #57,475 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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Using “opiniâtre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-P-I-N-I-Â-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔ.pi.njatʁ\ (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.