Which to use
“opus” is a noun and “oups” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,746
- “opus” frequency rank
- #14,106
- “oups” frequency rank
- 22852
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | opus | oups |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Indication utilisée pour désigner un morceau de musique répertorié par un numéro dans l’œuvre complète d’un compositeur. | Marque la surprise chez quelqu’un lorsqu’il prend conscience qu’une mésaventure lui arrive. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set opus and oups apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
opus and oups form a confusable pair in the French index, two distinct headwords that are easily confused because they look alike, sound alike, or both. They differ only by swapping two adjacent letters (pu ↔ up) - a transposition the eye reads straight past - close enough that the eye skips over the difference, far enough that meaning fully diverges. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22852, 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\. oups is at rank #14,106, tagged as anintj, pronounced \ups\.
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 22852, this pair ranks #355,792 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering opus vs oups
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “opus”; for an intj, it's “oups”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “opus” entry
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