ondo

/on.do/

//on.do// adv

The verdict

“ondo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,608 among 10,276 “O” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,608
frequency rank, Spanish
10,276
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bien.

Key facts for ondo
PropertyValue
Headwordondo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdverb
IPA/on.do/
Letters4
Frequency rank#76,608
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ondo” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ondo lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ondo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,608 among 10,276 “O” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /on.do/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bien.".

ondo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ondo, spelled O-N-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bien.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ondo"?
"ondo" is spelled O-N-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /on.do/.
What does "ondo" mean?
As an adverb, "ondo" means: Bien.
How do you pronounce "ondo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ondo" is /on.do/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ondo" come from?
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Using “ondo”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is O-N-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /on.do/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list