oponce
\ɔ.pɔ̃s\
The verdict
“oponce” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cactus du genre Opuntia, plantes succulantes à raquettes (cladodes) épineuses, dont le plus connu est le figuier de Barbarie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oponce · oponce · French
oponce · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | oponce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.pɔ̃s\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
oponce is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.pɔ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cactus du genre Opuntia, plantes succulantes à raquettes (cladodes) épineuses, dont le plus connu est le figuier de Barbarie.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for oponce, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is oponce, spelled O-P-O-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Cactus du genre Opuntia, plantes succulantes à raquettes (cladodes) épineuses, dont le plus connu est le figuier de Barbarie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oponce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les jardins, pendant une matinée, nous avions vu de rares espèces végétales, jadis amenées des tropiques pour être pliées à des effets de symétrie rappelant des figures d’échiquier ; le souvenir des papyrus, des cierges, des oponces, des agaves, des palmiers, des banians et des baobabs disposés ainsi que des cavaliers, des tours et des fous ou que le…
Pour ma part, je ne m'intéresse pas beaucoup aux cactus, même si j'en possède un que j'aime beaucoup. Il s'agit d'un grand figuier de Barbarie qui pousse au fond du jardin. J'ignore qui a semé cet oponce.
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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.