opus magnum
\ɔ.pys maɡ.nɔm\
The verdict
“opus magnum” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grand œuvre, chef-d’œuvre représentant l’accomplissement de la vie d’un artiste.
| 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) |
Where “opus magnum” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for opus magnum is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ.pys maɡ.nɔm\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “opus magnum”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-P-U-S- -M-A-G-N-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔ.pys maɡ.nɔm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.