soap opera

\so.p‿o.pe.ʁa\

/\so.p‿o.pe.ʁa\/ noun

The verdict

“soap opera” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de feuilleton.

Corpus desk

Index FR-soap-opera · soap opera · French

soap opera · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for soap opera
PropertyValue
Headwordsoap opera
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\so.p‿o.pe.ʁa\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « soap opera » en français

soap operasiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

soap opera is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \so.p‿o.pe.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de feuilleton.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for soap opera, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is soap opera, spelled S-O-A-P- -O-P-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de feuilleton.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "soap opera"?
"soap opera" is spelled S-O-A-P- -O-P-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \so.p‿o.pe.ʁa\.
What does "soap opera" mean?
As a noun, "soap opera" means: Synonyme de feuilleton.
How do you pronounce "soap opera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soap opera" is \so.p‿o.pe.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soap opera" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list