Which to use
“opté” and “opter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,748
- “opté” frequency rank
- #15,952
- “opter” frequency rank
- 30700
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | opté | opter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de opter. | Choisir entre deux ou plusieurs choses qu’on ne peut avoir ensemble, entre deux ou plusieurs partis pour l’un desquels il faut se déterminer. |
Same sound, different letters: opté vs opter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - opté / opter
This is the hard kind. opté and opter are pronounced identically (\ɔp.te\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
opté is recorded at frequency rank #14,748, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔp.te\. opter is at rank #15,952, 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 30700, this pair ranks #308,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of opté vs opter
Shared letters: opt. Private to "opté": é. Private to "opter": er.
"opté" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "opter" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- opter ← opetr · oppter · opterr · optre · otper
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "opté" for "opter" ever safe?
Which is more common, "opté" or "opter"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "opté" / "opter". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "opté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "opter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "opté" and "opter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "opté vs OSCE". 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 #308,527 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.