Which to use
“opter” and “optez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,952
- “opter” frequency rank
- #38,954
- “optez” frequency rank
- 54906
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | opter | optez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe opter. |
Same sound, different letters: opter vs optez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - opter / optez
This is the hard kind. opter and optez 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 a single letter - r in “opter” becomes z in “optez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
opter is recorded at frequency rank #15,952, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔp.te\. optez is at rank #38,954, 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 54906, this pair ranks #130,890 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of opter vs optez
Shared letters: eopt. Private to "opter": r. Private to "optez": z.
"opter" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "optez" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "opter" and "optez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "opter" vs "optez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "opter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "optez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #130,890 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "opter" and "optez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "opt vs optez". 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 #130,890 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.