options

\ɔp.sjɔ̃\

/\ɔp.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“options” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,592. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,592
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de option.

Corpus desk

Index FR-options · options · French

options · rank #4,592 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,592
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH ordonnance

Nearest frequency peer: ordonnance (+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 « options »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « options » 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).

options vs option
86% similar
options vs obtiens
71% similar
options vs optimus
71% similar

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

Key facts for options
PropertyValue
Headwordoptions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔp.sjɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,592
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « options »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).optionsse 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 « ordonnance » (#4,593), « méditerranée » (#4,590), « originaire » (#4,594). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « options » est au #4,592. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around options (IPA \ɔp.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,592 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de option.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for options, with forms such as "opitons", "opptions", and "optinos". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "option", "obtiens", "optimus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is options, spelled O-P-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de option.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les grandes options politiques, les professions de foi, elle s’en tampaxe.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opitons
  • opptions
  • optinos
  • optionns
  • optionss
  • optiosn
  • optoins
  • opttions
  • otpions

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

opitons2opptions1optinos2optionns1optionss1optiosn2optoins2opttions1
Edit distance from "options"

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 "options"?
"options" is spelled O-P-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔp.sjɔ̃\.
What does "options" mean?
As a noun, "options" means: Pluriel de option.
What words are commonly confused with "options"?
"options" is commonly confused with "option", "obtiens", "optimus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "options"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "options" is \ɔp.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "options" come from?
"options" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

fierté9 variantsenlève9 variantsromans9 variantsDisney9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list