opprobre

\ɔ.pʁɔbʁ\

/\ɔ.pʁɔbʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“opprobre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,982. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,982
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très grande honte publique ; déshonneur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-opprobre · opprobre · French

opprobre · rank #36,982 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,982
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH opening

Nearest frequency peer: opening (-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 « opprobre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « opprobre » 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
Key facts for opprobre
PropertyValue
Headwordopprobre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.pʁɔbʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,982
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « opprobre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).opprobrese 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 « opening » (#36,981), « origins » (#36,983), « ono » (#36,980). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « opprobre » est au #36,982. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around opprobre (IPA \ɔ.pʁɔbʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,982 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for opprobre, with forms such as "opporbre", "opprbore", and "opprobbre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is opprobre, spelled O-P-P-R-O-B-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Très grande honte publique ; déshonneur.
  2. 2
    État d’abjection.
  3. 3
    Le génocide suscite indéniablement une opprobre particulière car il vise l’oblitération physique de groupes humains. — (Dictionnaire Reverso, s. d.)
  4. 4
    Cela a commencé par une attaque de Jean-Luc Mélenchon, associant Valeurs Actuelles et l’hebdomadaire Marianne dans une même opprobre. — (Daniel Schneidermann, “Le journalisme selon Natacha Polony”, Gazette n° 671, 16 septembre 2020)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Car c’est pour toi que je porte l’opprobre, Que la honte couvre mon visage.
  2. C’est un opprobre pour le lion de pleurer face au renard.

Synonyms

déshonneurinfamieavilissementdisgrâce

This word in other languages

shame(English)oprobio(Español)Schande(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opporbre
  • opprbore
  • opprobbre
  • opprober
  • opprobrre
  • opprorbe
  • opprrobre
  • oprobre
  • oprpobre
  • poprobre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of opprobre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

opporbre2opprbore2opprobbre1opprober2opprobrre1opprorbe2opprrobre1oprobre1
Edit distance from "opprobre"

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 "opprobre"?
"opprobre" is spelled O-P-P-R-O-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.pʁɔbʁ\.
What does "opprobre" mean?
As a noun, "opprobre" means: Très grande honte publique ; déshonneur.
What are common misspellings of "opprobre"?
Common misspellings include "opporbre", "opprbore", "opprobbre", "opprober", "opprobrre". The correct spelling is "opprobre".
How do you pronounce "opprobre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "opprobre" is \ɔ.pʁɔbʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "opprobre" come from?
"opprobre" 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 "opprobre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

négociée#36,976parement#36,988mourrait#36,966prodiges#37,008

Similar misspelling depth

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

opening10 variantsorigins10 variantsparente10 variantspilotis10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list