opposite
The verdict
“opposite” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,570 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,570
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oposto, contrário
Corpus desk
Index PT-opposite · opposite · Portuguese
opposite · rank #76,570 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,570
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH opt
Nearest frequency peer: opt (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “opposite”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- numb
numb
23,447 corpus weight
- ombre
ombre
23,435 corpus weight
- opposite
opposite
23,431 corpus weight
- opt
opt
23,430 corpus weight
- ordinariame…
ordinariamente
23,427 corpus weight
- padecer
padecer
23,421 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “opposite” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opposite |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “opposite” em português
Rare enough to double-check
opposite is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,570 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "oposto, contrário".
opposite has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is opposite, spelled O-P-P-O-S-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1oposto, contrário
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how opposite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Leurs maisons sont situées à l’opposite l’une de l’autre.
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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