ópera

//ˈɔ.pɨ.ɾɐ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,708

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

ópera is aPortuguesenoun. It means: drama teatral quase inteiramente cantado com acompanhamento de orquestra Pronounced /ˈɔ.pɨ.ɾɐ/. It ranks #8,708 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with ora and over.

Key facts for ópera
PropertyValue
Headwordópera
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɔ.pɨ.ɾɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,708
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ópera in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ópera is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɔ.pɨ.ɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,708 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "drama teatral quase inteiramente cantado com acompanhamento de orquestra".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for ópera, with forms such as "póera", "óepra", and "ópear". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "ora", "over", "opor", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is ópera, spelled Ó-P-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    drama teatral quase inteiramente cantado com acompanhamento de orquestra

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: póera,óepra,ópear,óperra,óppera,óprea

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ópera

Misspelling Variants of "ópera"

póera5óepra5ópear5óperra6óppera6óprea5
Misspelling Variants of "ópera"

Frequency rank: #8,708 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ópera"?
"ópera" is spelled Ó-P-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɔ.pɨ.ɾɐ/.
What does "ópera" mean?
As a noun, "ópera" means: drama teatral quase inteiramente cantado com acompanhamento de orquestra
What words are commonly confused with "ópera"?
"ópera" is commonly confused with "ora", "over", "opor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ópera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ópera" is /ˈɔ.pɨ.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ópera" come from?
"ópera" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.