Which to use
“ops” is a noun and “opté” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,506
- “ops” frequency rank
- #14,748
- “opté” frequency rank
- 47254
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ops | opté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Capacité, habilité. | Participe passé masculin singulier de opter. |
Letter map: ops vs opté
Shared letters muted; letters that set ops and opté apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - ops and opté
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ops is anoun and optéaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ops is recorded at frequency rank #32,506, classified as anoun. opté is at rank #14,748, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔp.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 47254, this pair ranks #188,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ops vs opté
Shared letters: op. Private to "ops": s. Private to "opté": té.
"ops" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "opté" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ops" for "opté" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "ops" or "opté" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ops" and "opté".
- Full dictionary entry for "ops" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "opté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #188,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ops" and "opté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "och vs ops". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #188,364 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.