opposant

\ɔ.po.zɑ̃\

/\ɔ.po.zɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“opposant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,722. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,722
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui s’oppose suivant les formes judiciaires à une sentence, à un arrêt, à un paiement, à une vente, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-opposant · opposant · French

opposant · rank #6,722 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,722
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH ongles

Nearest frequency peer: ongles (-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 « opposant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « opposant » 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).

opposant vs opposent
88% similar
opposant vs opposants
89% similar
opposant vs opposa
75% similar

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

Key facts for opposant
PropertyValue
Headwordopposant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.po.zɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,722
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « opposant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).opposantse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ongles » (#6,721), « ouvertement » (#6,723), « obligée » (#6,720). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « opposant » est au #6,722. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around opposant (IPA \ɔ.po.zɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,722 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for opposant, with forms such as "opopsant", "oposant", and "oppoasnt". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "opposent", "opposants", "opposa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 opposant, spelled O-P-P-O-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui s’oppose suivant les formes judiciaires à une sentence, à un arrêt, à un paiement, à une vente, etc.
  2. 2
    Se dit de quiconque s’oppose à une mesure, combat une opinion, etc.
  3. 3
    Qui est en opposition en face.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle a été reçue opposante.
  2. Il s’est rendu opposant à l’exécution de cet arrêt.

This word in other languages

opposing(English)oponente(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opopsant
  • oposant
  • oppoasnt
  • opposannt
  • opposantt
  • opposatn
  • opposnat
  • oppossant
  • oppsoant
  • poposant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of opposant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

opopsant2oposant1oppoasnt2opposannt1opposantt1opposatn2opposnat2oppossant1
Edit distance from "opposant"

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 "opposant"?
"opposant" is spelled O-P-P-O-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.po.zɑ̃\.
What does "opposant" mean?
As an adjective, "opposant" means: Qui s’oppose suivant les formes judiciaires à une sentence, à un arrêt, à un paiement, à une vente, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "opposant"?
"opposant" is commonly confused with "opposent", "opposants", "opposa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "opposant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "opposant" is \ɔ.po.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "opposant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

ouvrent10 variantsobligée10 variantshabitué10 variantscréant10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list