opulent

\ɔ.py.lɑ̃\

/\ɔ.py.lɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“opulent” is uncommon French (frequency #80,469 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,469
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est très riche, qui est dans l’opulence ou qui dénote l’opulence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-opulent · opulent · French

opulent · rank #80,469 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,469
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH orangées

Nearest frequency peer: orangées (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « opulent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « opulent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for opulent
PropertyValue
Headwordopulent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.py.lɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,469
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « opulent » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.opulenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « orangées » (#80,470), « officient » (#80,467), « orignaux » (#80,471). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « opulent » est au #80,469. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

opulent is uncommon French at frequency #80,469 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɔ.py.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for opulent, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists 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 opulent, spelled O-P-U-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est très riche, qui est dans l’opulence ou qui dénote l’opulence.
  2. 2
    Qui est ample, fourni et abondant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le nom de la première localité rencontrée en entrant par le sud sur cet opulent territoire du Vouzinois sonne mal, avouons-le : Pauvres !
  2. […], mais on peut aussi être tout à la fois très riche et très malheureux, car l'argent ne donne ni la santé, ni le contentement de soi-même, et il ne préserve pas de l’ennui, cette plaie des oisifs opulents.

This word in other languages

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 "opulent"?
"opulent" is spelled O-P-U-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.py.lɑ̃\.
What does "opulent" mean?
As an adjective, "opulent" means: Qui est très riche, qui est dans l’opulence ou qui dénote l’opulence.
How do you pronounce "opulent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "opulent" is \ɔ.py.lɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list