Which to use
“ops” is a noun and “opt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,506
- “ops” frequency rank
- #42,502
- “opt” frequency rank
- 75008
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ops | opt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Capacité, habilité. | Opter. |
Letter map: ops vs opt
Shared letters muted; letters that set ops and opt apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ops and opt follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for ops / opt
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ops is anoun and optaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - s in “ops” becomes t in “opt”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75008, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ops is recorded at frequency rank #32,506, classified as anoun. opt is at rank #42,502, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɒpt\.
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 75008, this pair ranks #35,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ops vs opt
Shared letters: op. Private to "ops": s. Private to "opt": t.
"ops" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "opt" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ops" for "opt" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "ops" or "opt" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "ops" vs "opt" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "ops" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "opt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ops" and "opt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "och vs opt". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #35,385 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.