opprimer

\ɔ.pʁi.me\

/\ɔ.pʁi.me\/ verb

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The verdict

“opprimer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,081. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,081
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accabler par violence, par excès d’autorité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-opprimer · opprimer · French

opprimer · rank #48,081 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #48,081
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH omnisports

Nearest frequency peer: omnisports (-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 « opprimer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « opprimer » 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).

opprimer vs opprimés
75% similar

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

Key facts for opprimer
PropertyValue
Headwordopprimer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɔ.pʁi.me\
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,081
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « opprimer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.opprimerse 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 « omnisports » (#48,080), « oratoires » (#48,082), « offensée » (#48,079). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « opprimer » est au #48,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around opprimer (IPA \ɔ.pʁi.me\), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,081 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 opprimer, with forms such as "oppirmer", "oppriemr", and "opprimerr". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "opprimés", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 opprimer, spelled O-P-P-R-I-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accabler par violence, par excès d’autorité.
  2. 2
    Faire éprouver des chagrins, des souffrances, des embarras.
  3. 3
    Accabler par sa masse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La politique du Japon rappelle le caractère de ses habitants : aimable et pleine de sollicitude à la face du monde, elle opprime, vole et massacre de l'autre côté du décor.
  2. Dans cette lutte, naturellement, les plus forts et les plus chanceux devaient vaincre, et, de différentes manières, exploiter et opprimer les vaincus.

Synonyms

oppresser

This word in other languages

oppress(English)oprimir(Español)bedrücken(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oppirmer
  • oppriemr
  • opprimerr
  • opprimmer
  • opprimre
  • opprmier
  • opprrimer
  • oprimer
  • oprpimer
  • poprimer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of opprimer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

oppirmer2oppriemr2opprimerr1opprimmer1opprimre2opprmier2opprrimer1oprimer1
Edit distance from "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 "opprimer"?
"opprimer" is spelled O-P-P-R-I-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.pʁi.me\.
What does "opprimer" mean?
As a verb, "opprimer" means: Accabler par violence, par excès d’autorité.
What words are commonly confused with "opprimer"?
"opprimer" is commonly confused with "opprimés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "opprimer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "opprimer" is \ɔ.pʁi.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "opprimer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

offensée#48,079occupais#48,077pariétal#48,092moulinet#48,058

Similar misspelling depth

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

pendait10 variantsplacage10 variantsmoellons10 variantspostier10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list