opuntia
\ɔ.pɔ̃.sja\
The verdict
“opuntia” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre (Opuntia, Philip Miller 1754) de cactacée dont la tige, dépourvue de feuilles, est articulée, aplatie, et s’élargit, entre les articulations, en forme de raquette nommées cladodes. Communémen...
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Index FR-opuntia · opuntia · French
opuntia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opuntia |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.pɔ̃.sja\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
opuntia is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.pɔ̃.sja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genre (Opuntia, Philip Miller 1754) de cactacée dont la tige, dépourvue de feuilles, est articulée, aplatie, et s’élargit, entre les articulations, en forme de raquette nommées cladodes. Communémen...".
Zero misspellings are on record for opuntia in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is opuntia, spelled O-P-U-N-T-I-A.
Definition
- 1Genre (Opuntia, Philip Miller 1754) de cactacée dont la tige, dépourvue de feuilles, est articulée, aplatie, et s’élargit, entre les articulations, en forme de raquette nommées cladodes. Communément appelé oponce et cactus raquette.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how opuntia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le nopal ou figuier de Barbarie (Opuntia ficus-indica) est une espèce d’opuntia qui produit des fruits comestibles, les figues de Barbarie.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.