oposição

//ɔ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,248

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

oposição is aPortuguesenoun. It means: o fato de opor-se Pronounced /ɔ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. It ranks #2,248 in Portuguese word frequency.

Key facts for oposição
PropertyValue
Headwordoposição
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɔ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,248
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for oposição is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɔ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,248 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 oposição, spelled O-P-O-S-I-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    o fato de opor-se
  2. 2
    um oponente em alguma forma de competição
  3. 3
    partidos que não formam o governo
  4. 4
    diz-se de dois astros quando estão em situação diametralmente oposta, com a Terra "no meio", ou seja, quando suas ascensões retas diferem de 180°

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oopsição,opoisção,oposiãço,oposiçoã,opossição,oposçião,opposição,opsoição,poosição

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for oposição

Misspelling Variants of "oposição"

oopsição8opoisção8oposiãço8oposiçoã8opossição9oposçião8opposição9opsoição8
Misspelling Variants of "oposição"

Frequency rank: #2,248 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oposição"?
"oposição" is spelled O-P-O-S-I-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɔ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "oposição" mean?
As a noun, "oposição" means: o fato de opor-se
What are common misspellings of "oposição"?
Common misspellings include "oopsição", "opoisção", "oposiãço", "oposiçoã", "opossição". The correct spelling is "oposição".
How do you pronounce "oposição"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oposição" is /ɔ.pu.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oposição" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.