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Oppurtunity or opportunity?

Did you mean opportunity? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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oppurtunity

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opportunity

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Correct spelling: opportunity. Misspelling: oppurtunity.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

Op + port + unity: picture a ship arriving in port.

Why people write “oppurtunity”

The misspelling “oppurtunity” is only one letter off: it writes U where opportunity has O, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".

Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make opportunity automatic.

What does “opportunity” mean?

opportunity noun

  1. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

    “the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington”

    Synonyms:chance

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Opportunity” in a sentence

  • This is a great opportunity.
  • The holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington.

Is “opportunity” a playable word?

o 1p 3p 3o 1r 1t 1u 1n 1i 1t 1y 4

18 points in Scrabble · 21 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“oppurtunity” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from OPPORTUNITY.

Opportunity: quick answers

Is it oppurtunity or opportunity?
The correct spelling is opportunity. “oppurtunity” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell opportunity?
Op + port + unity: picture a ship arriving in port.
What does opportunity mean?
Opportunity means: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances.