opus magnum
\ɔ.pys maɡ.nɔm\
The verdict
“opus magnum” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand œuvre, chef-d’œuvre représentant l’accomplissement de la vie d’un artiste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-opus-magnum · opus magnum · French
opus magnum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | opus magnum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.pys maɡ.nɔm\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « opus magnum » en français
Rare enough to double-check
opus magnum is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.pys maɡ.nɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
opus magnum doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is opus magnum, spelled O-P-U-S- -M-A-G-N-U-M.
Definition
- 1Grand œuvre, chef-d’œuvre représentant l’accomplissement de la vie d’un artiste.
- 2Œuvre la plus importante d'un auteur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how opus magnum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Condisciple de Sartre à l’École normale supérieure, il était non seulement le traducteur de Hegel, mais regardé comme un hégélien de grande renommée, et nous attendions tous la gorge sèche la parution longtemps annoncée, longtemps différée, de son opus magnum : Genèse et structure de la Phénoménologie de l’esprit.
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.