onda

/[ˈõn̪d̪a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,951

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

onda is aSpanishnoun. It means: Perturbación que se propaga en un fluido o en un medio elástico. Como las oscilaciones producidas en la superficie de un liquido al arrojar un objeto en el mismo. Pronounced [ˈõn̪d̪a]. It ranks #1,951 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with one and ONU.

Key facts for onda
PropertyValue
Headwordonda
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈõn̪d̪a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,951
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of onda in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for onda is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈõn̪d̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,951 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for onda, with forms such as "noda", "odna", and "onad". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "one", "ONU", "ONG", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Spanish form is onda, spelled O-N-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Perturbación que se propaga en un fluido o en un medio elástico. Como las oscilaciones producidas en la superficie de un liquido al arrojar un objeto en el mismo.
  2. 2
    Una cantidad inusualmente grande de algo que se experimenta temporalmente y de forma repentina.
  3. 3
    Perturbación que se mueve en el espacio, con frecuencia transfiriendo energía.
  4. 4
    Estilo, moda.
  5. 5
    Aptitud, estado de ánimo o ambiente.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: noda,odna,onad,ondda,onnda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for onda

Misspelling Variants of "onda"

noda4odna4onad4ondda5onnda5
Misspelling Variants of "onda"

Frequency rank: #1,951 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "onda"?
"onda" is spelled O-N-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈõn̪d̪a].
What does "onda" mean?
As a noun, "onda" means: Perturbación que se propaga en un fluido o en un medio elástico. Como las oscilaciones producidas en la superficie de un liquido al arrojar un objeto en el mismo.
What words are commonly confused with "onda"?
"onda" is commonly confused with "one", "ONU", "ONG". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "onda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "onda" is [ˈõn̪d̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "onda" come from?
"onda" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter O in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.