s’opposer
\s‿ɔ.po.ze\
The verdict
“s’opposer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se mettre en opposition face à quelque chose ou à quelqu’un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-opposer · s’opposer · French
s’opposer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | s’opposer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿ɔ.po.ze\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’opposer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’opposer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɔ.po.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
s’opposer has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is s’opposer, spelled S-’-O-P-P-O-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Se mettre en opposition face à quelque chose ou à quelqu’un.
- 2Déclarer suivant les formes judiciaires qu’on met empêchement à l’exécution de quelque acte, de quelque arrêt, de quelque formalité de justice.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’opposer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y avait d'ailleurs, sur la côte, des postes de douaniers qui se seraient opposés au débarquement, si le navire leur avait paru suspect.
S’opposer aussi. S’opposer d’abord. S'opposer sans donner le sentiment – comme nous le faisons trop souvent – d’avoir toujours besoin de nous justifier de notre rejet radical de la politique impulsée par la majorité actuelle.
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.