opprime

\ɔ.pʁim\

/\ɔ.pʁim\/ verb

The verdict

“opprime” is uncommon French (frequency #56,797 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,797
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de opprimer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-opprime · opprime · French

opprime · rank #56,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,797
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH opposante

Nearest frequency peer: opposante (-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 « opprime »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « opprime » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for opprime
PropertyValue
Headwordopprime
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɔ.pʁim\
Letters7
Frequency rank#56,797
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « opprime » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.opprimetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « opposante » (#56,796), « ordonnait » (#56,798), « omniprésentes » (#56,795). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « opprime » est au #56,797. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

opprime is uncommon French at frequency #56,797 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɔ.pʁim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for opprime, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is opprime, spelled O-P-P-R-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de opprimer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de opprimer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de opprimer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de opprimer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de opprimer.

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 "opprime"?
"opprime" is spelled O-P-P-R-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.pʁim\.
What does "opprime" mean?
As a verb, "opprime" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de opprimer.
How do you pronounce "opprime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "opprime" is \ɔ.pʁim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "opprime" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list