opto

//ˈop.toː/./ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#59,308

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

opto is aPortugueseverb. It means: escolher, selecionar. Pronounced /ˈop.toː/..

Key facts for opto
PropertyValue
Headwordopto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈop.toː/.
Letters4
Frequency rank#59,308
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for opto is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈop.toː/.. Corpus data places it at rank #59,308 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for opto in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.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 opto, spelled O-P-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    escolher, selecionar.
  2. 2
    desejar.
  3. 3
    pedir.

Frequency rank: #59,308 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "opto"?
"opto" is spelled O-P-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈop.toː/..
What does "opto" mean?
As a verb, "opto" means: escolher, selecionar.
How do you pronounce "opto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "opto" is /ˈop.toː/.. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "opto" 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.