opposants

\ɔ.po.zɑ̃\

/\ɔ.po.zɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“opposants” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,635. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,635
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de opposant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-opposants · opposants · French

opposants · rank #6,635 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,635
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH nuage

Nearest frequency peer: nuage (-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 « opposants »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « opposants » 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).

opposants vs opposent
78% similar
opposants vs opposant
89% similar
opposants vs opposait
78% similar

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

Key facts for opposants
PropertyValue
Headwordopposants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.po.zɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,635
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « opposants »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.opposantsse 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 « nuage » (#6,634), « organe » (#6,636), « Munich » (#6,633). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « opposants » est au #6,635. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around opposants (IPA \ɔ.po.zɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,635 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de opposant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for opposants, with forms such as "opopsants", "oposants", and "oppoasnts". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "opposent", "opposant", "opposait", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is opposants, spelled O-P-P-O-S-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de opposant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opopsants
  • oposants
  • oppoasnts
  • opposannts
  • opposanst
  • opposantss
  • opposantts
  • opposatns
  • opposnats
  • oppossants
  • oppsoants
  • poposants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

opopsants2oposants1oppoasnts2opposannts1opposanst2opposantss1opposantts1opposatns2
Edit distance from "opposants"

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 "opposants"?
"opposants" is spelled O-P-P-O-S-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.po.zɑ̃\.
What does "opposants" mean?
As an adjective, "opposants" means: Masculin pluriel de opposant.
What words are commonly confused with "opposants"?
"opposants" is commonly confused with "opposent", "opposant", "opposait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "opposants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "opposants" 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 "opposants" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 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