onza
noun
onza is spelled O-N-Z-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, onza means “A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 28.76 g” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of onza is onzas.
How many letters and syllables are in onza?
| Letters | 4: O-N-Z-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is onza?
Onza appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with onza?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as onza.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: zona.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of onza
- onzas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does onza mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 28.76 g.
- 2
A cryptid in Mexican folklore said to be similar to a cougar or jaguarundi but especially aggressive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does onza come from?
From Spanish onza (“ounce, Spanish ounce”), from Latin ū̆ncia. Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).