ondo

/on.do/

//on.do// adv

The verdict

“ondo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,608 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,608
frequency rank, Spanish
1,467
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bien.

Corpus desk

Index ES-ondo · ondo · Spanish

ondo · rank #76,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,608
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,467
  • PHOTO-FINISH oligopolios

Nearest frequency peer: oligopolios (-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 “ondo”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ondo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
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)

Cola larga: rango de “ondo” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).ondocae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “oligopolios” (#76,607), “ordenaban” (#76,610), “organicemos” (#76,611). Entre 1,467 lemas con “O”, “ondo” va en #76,608. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ondo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,608 among 1,467 “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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ondo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list