Which to use
“opposées” is an adjective and “opposer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,105
- “opposées” frequency rank
- #5,373
- “opposer” frequency rank
- 19478
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | opposées | opposer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de opposé. | Mettre une chose vis-à-vis d’une autre, ou en placer plusieurs de manière à faire contraste. |
Where the eye mixes opposées and opposer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: opposées vs opposer
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: opposées is \ɔ.pɔ.ze\ while opposer is \ɔ.po.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19478, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
opposées is recorded at frequency rank #14,105, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɔ.pɔ.ze\. opposer is at rank #5,373, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔ.po.ze\.
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 19478, this pair ranks #373,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of opposées vs opposer
Shared letters: eops. Private to "opposées": é. Private to "opposer": r.
"opposées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "opposer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- opposer ← opopser · oposer · oppoesr · opposerr · opposre · opposser · oppsoer · poposer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "opposées" for "opposer" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "opposées" or "opposer" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "opposées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "opposer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "opposées" and "opposer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "opposées vs opposera". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #373,065 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.