Which to use
“opus” and “oud” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,746
- “opus” frequency rank
- #40,901
- “oud” frequency rank
- 49647
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | opus | oud |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Indication utilisée pour désigner un morceau de musique répertorié par un numéro dans l’œuvre complète d’un compositeur. | Luth à cordes pincées, au corps piriforme, au manche court couvert d'une touche lisse dépourvue de frettes, à onze ou douze cordes, très répandu dans les pays arabes, en Turquie, en Grèce et en Arménie. Il se joue avec un plectre. |
Where the eye mixes opus and oud
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: opus vs oud
A purely visual mix-up. opus (\ɔ.pys\) and oud (\ud\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
opus is recorded at frequency rank #8,746, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɔ.pys\. oud is at rank #40,901, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ud\.
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 49647, this pair ranks #168,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of opus vs oud
Shared letters: ou. Private to "opus": ps. Private to "oud": d.
"opus" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "oud" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- opus ← oppus · opsu · opuss · pous
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "opus" for "oud" ever safe?
Frequency check: "opus" vs "oud" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "opus" and "oud" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "opus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "oud" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #168,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "opus" and "oud" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "och vs oud". 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 #168,938 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.