opposite
\ɔ.pɔ.zit\
The verdict
“opposite” is uncommon French (frequency #90,994 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,994
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opposé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-opposite · opposite · French
opposite · rank #90,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,994
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH Oona
Nearest frequency peer: Oona (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « opposite »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Oolong
Oolong
9,009 corpus weight
- Oona
Oona
9,008 corpus weight
- opposite
opposite
9,007 corpus weight
- orfraie
orfraie
9,006 corpus weight
- ornementaux
ornementaux
9,005 corpus weight
- Osny
Osny
9,004 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « opposite » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opposite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.pɔ.zit\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « opposite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
opposite is uncommon French at frequency #90,994 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.pɔ.zit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Opposé.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for opposite, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is opposite, spelled O-P-P-O-S-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Opposé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how opposite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À force de critiquer les modérés, nous pourrions passer pour médire de la modération elle-même ; il n’en est rien ; car elle est à l’opposite de ce qu’ils sont.
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.
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