opposées

\ɔ.pɔ.ze\

/\ɔ.pɔ.ze\/ adj

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The verdict

“opposées” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,105. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,105
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-opposees · opposées · French

opposées · rank #14,105 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,105
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ohio

Nearest frequency peer: Ohio (-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 « opposées »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « opposées » 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).

opposées vs opposer
75% similar
opposées vs opposent
63% similar
opposées vs opposera
63% similar

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

Key facts for opposées
PropertyValue
Headwordopposées
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.pɔ.ze\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,105
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « opposées »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Ohio » (#14,104), « oups » (#14,106), « odieux » (#14,103). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « opposées » est au #14,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around opposées (IPA \ɔ.pɔ.ze\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,105 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de opposé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for opposées, with forms such as "opopsées", "oposées", and "opposees". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "opposer", "opposent", "opposera", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is opposées, spelled O-P-P-O-S-É-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de opposé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ainsi, si la France et l’Allemagne sont proches dans leur capacité à démarchandiser, elles sont opposées sur le plan de leur capacité à défamilialiser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opopsées
  • oposées
  • opposees
  • opposeés
  • oppossées
  • opposéess
  • opposése
  • oppoéses
  • oppsoées
  • poposées

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

opopsées2oposées1opposees1opposeés2oppossées1opposéess1opposése2oppoéses2
Edit distance from "opposées"

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 "opposées"?
"opposées" is spelled O-P-P-O-S-É-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.pɔ.ze\.
What does "opposées" mean?
As an adjective, "opposées" means: Féminin pluriel de opposé.
What words are commonly confused with "opposées"?
"opposées" is commonly confused with "opposer", "opposent", "opposera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "opposées"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "opposées" is \ɔ.pɔ.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "opposées" come from?
"opposées" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

naviguer#14,098Pompidou#14,116moutarde#14,093projette#14,118

Similar misspelling depth

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

partira10 variantsneutres10 variantsplaider10 variantsrequises10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list