oposição
/ɔ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“oposição” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,248. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,248
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o fato de opor-se
Corpus desk
Index PT-oposicao · oposição · Portuguese
oposição · rank #2,248 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,248
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH ocidental
Nearest frequency peer: ocidental (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “oposição”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- mentira
mentira
97,758 corpus weight
- nação
nação
97,755 corpus weight
- ocidental
ocidental
97,754 corpus weight
- oposição
oposição
97,753 corpus weight
- ouvido
ouvido
97,752 corpus weight
- realização
realização
97,749 corpus weight
What this shows “oposição” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oposição |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɔ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “oposição”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around oposição (IPA /ɔ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,248 among 385 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for oposição, with forms such as "oopsição", "opoisção", and "oposiãço". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is oposição, spelled O-P-O-S-I-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1o fato de opor-se
- 2um oponente em alguma forma de competição
- 3partidos que não formam o governo
- 4diz-se de dois astros quando estão em situação diametralmente oposta, com a Terra "no meio", ou seja, quando suas ascensões retas diferem de 180°
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oopsição
- opoisção
- oposiãço
- oposiçoã
- opossição
- oposçião
- opposição
- opsoição
- poosição
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oposição - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "oposição", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).