ondear
[õn̪d̪eˈaɾ]
The verdict
“ondear” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,167 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,167
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mover o agitar produciendo ondas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ondear · ondear · Spanish
ondear · rank #67,167 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,167
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH omnipotencia
Nearest frequency peer: omnipotencia (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “ondear”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- okupa
okupa
32,838 corpus weight
- Olano
Olano
32,836 corpus weight
- omnipotencia
omnipotencia
32,835 corpus weight
- ondear
ondear
32,834 corpus weight
- onubense
onubense
32,832 corpus weight
- ordinal
ordinal
32,830 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ondear” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ondear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [õn̪d̪eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ondear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ondear is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,167 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [õn̪d̪eˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mover o agitar produciendo ondas.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ondear in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ondear, spelled O-N-D-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Mover o agitar produciendo ondas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ondear appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Recuerdo que cuando el buque // de la orilla se alejaba, // a mi madre oí que enviaba // su despedida postrer: // corrí a la popa, y entonces // la vi ondear su pañuelo, // y luego mirar el cielo, // y desmayarse, y caer.
This word in other languages
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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