optent

\ɔpt\

/\ɔpt\/ verb

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The verdict

“optent” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,953. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,953
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de opter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-optent · optent · French

optent · rank #38,953 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,953
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH olympien

Nearest frequency peer: olympien (-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 « optent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « optent » 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).

optent vs osent
67% similar
optent vs opter
67% similar
optent vs optez
67% similar

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

Key facts for optent
PropertyValue
Headwordoptent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɔpt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,953
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « optent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).optentse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « olympien » (#38,952), « optez » (#38,954), « Ollivier » (#38,951). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « optent » est au #38,953. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around optent (IPA \ɔpt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,953 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for optent, with forms such as "opetnt", "opptent", and "optennt". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "osent", "opter", "optez", 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, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is optent, spelled O-P-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de opter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de opter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Côté impôt, les propriétaires sont en général des loueurs en meublé non professionnel et optent pour le régime très simple du micro-BIC.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opetnt
  • opptent
  • optennt
  • optentt
  • optetn
  • optnet
  • opttent
  • otpent
  • potent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of optent - 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.

opetnt2opptent1optennt1optentt1optetn2optnet2opttent1otpent2
Edit distance from "optent"

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 "optent"?
"optent" is spelled O-P-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔpt\.
What does "optent" mean?
As a verb, "optent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de opter.
What words are commonly confused with "optent"?
"optent" is commonly confused with "osent", "opter", "optez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "optent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "optent" is \ɔpt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "optent" come from?
"optent" 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 "optent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

parque#38,963Ninive#38,942pathos#38,968mégots#38,934

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

outlook9 variantsparures9 variantsrallyes9 variantslanger9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list