opportunité vs opportunités, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“opportunité” and “opportunités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,260
“opportunité” frequency rank: #7,470
“opportunités” frequency rank: 11730
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	opportunité	opportunités
Definition	Caractère de ce qui est opportun.	Pluriel de opportunité.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set opportunité and opportunités apart are highlighted. They share 11 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

11 ch

opportunité

12 ch

opportunités

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. opportunité and opportunités are pronounced identically (\ɔ.pɔʁ.ty.ni.te\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “opportunité” sits inside “opportunités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

opportunité is recorded at frequency rank #4,260, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.pɔʁ.ty.ni.te\. opportunités is at rank #7,470, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.pɔʁ.ty.ni.te\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 11730, this pair ranks #408,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of opportunité vs opportunités

Shared letters: inoprtué. Private to "opportunité": -. Private to "opportunités": s.

"opportunité" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCV · "opportunités" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVC

Frequency comparison

opportunité#4,260

opportunités#7,470

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "opportunité" and "opportunités" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ɔ.pɔʁ.ty.ni.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "opportunité" or "opportunités"?

"opportunité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,260 in our French list, against #7,470 for "opportunités". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering opportunité vs opportunités

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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