optez

\ɔp.te\

/\ɔp.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“optez” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,954. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,954
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-optez · optez · French

optez · rank #38,954 · 7 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,954
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH optent

Nearest frequency peer: optent (-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 « optez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « optez » 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).

optez vs ôté
20% similar
optez vs osez
60% similar
optez vs ôter
40% similar

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

Key facts for optez
PropertyValue
Headwordoptez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɔp.te\
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,954
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « optez »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.optezse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « optent » (#38,953), « orbital » (#38,955), « olympien » (#38,952). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « optez » est au #38,954. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around optez (IPA \ɔp.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,954 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for optez, with forms such as "opetz", "opptez", and "optezz". 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. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "ôté", "osez", "ôter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is optez, spelled O-P-T-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe opter.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif du verbe opter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vous optez pour favoriser les envies et desiderata de votre partenaire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opetz
  • opptez
  • optezz
  • opttez
  • optze
  • otpez
  • potez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

opetz2opptez1optezz1opttez1optze2otpez2potez2
Edit distance from "optez"

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 "optez"?
"optez" is spelled O-P-T-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔp.te\.
What does "optez" mean?
As a verb, "optez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe opter.
What words are commonly confused with "optez"?
"optez" is commonly confused with "ôté", "osez", "ôter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "optez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "optez" is \ɔp.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "optez" come from?
"optez" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Oumar#38,959Patti#38,969mêlez#38,936Marek#38,913

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

mourrai7 variantslouait7 variantsJawad7 variantshazel7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list