opposaient

\ɔ.pɔ.zɛ\

/\ɔ.pɔ.zɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“opposaient” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,381. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,381
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de opposer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-opposaient · opposaient · French

opposaient · rank #33,381 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,381
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH onéreuse

Nearest frequency peer: onéreuse (-1 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « opposaient »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « opposaient » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

opposaient vs opposant
80% similar
opposaient vs opposent
80% similar
opposaient vs opposait
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for opposaient
PropertyValue
Headwordopposaient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɔ.pɔ.zɛ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#33,381
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « opposaient »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.opposaientse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « onéreuse » (#33,380), « orfèvre » (#33,382), « offrirait » (#33,379). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « opposaient » est au #33,381. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around opposaient (IPA \ɔ.pɔ.zɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,381 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de opposer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for opposaient, with forms such as "opopsaient", "oposaient", and "oppoasient". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "opposant", "opposent", "opposait", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is opposaient, spelled O-P-P-O-S-A-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de opposer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how opposaient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Renan, en son temps, avertissait Français et Allemands de l’intérêt mutuel qu’ils trouveraient à adopter une conduite des litiges et conflits qui les opposaient, telle que l’inimitié puisse un jour conserver une chance de se renverser en amitié ou du moins en relation déshostilisée.
  2. Dans l'ATF 141 III 119, des ex-employés d’une banque s’opposaient à la remise par la banque de leurs données aux autorités américaines et demandaient une copie de leurs données.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opopsaient
  • oposaient
  • oppoasient
  • opposaeint
  • opposaiennt
  • opposaientt
  • opposaietn
  • opposainet
  • opposiaent
  • oppossaient
  • oppsoaient
  • poposaient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of opposaient - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

opopsaient2oposaient1oppoasient2opposaeint2opposaiennt1opposaientt1opposaietn2opposainet2
Edit distance from "opposaient"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "opposaient"?
"opposaient" is spelled O-P-P-O-S-A-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.pɔ.zɛ\.
What does "opposaient" mean?
As a verb, "opposaient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de opposer.
What words are commonly confused with "opposaient"?
"opposaient" is commonly confused with "opposant", "opposent", "opposait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "opposaient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "opposaient" is \ɔ.pɔ.zɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "opposaient" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "opposaient", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list