oni
[ˈoni]
The verdict
“oni” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,722 among 10,276 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,722
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10,276
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Criatura del folclore japonés que comparte muchas similitudes con los demonios y ogros occidentales.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oni |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoni] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #58,722 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oni” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
oni is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,722 among 10,276 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈoni]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Criatura del folclore japonés que comparte muchas similitudes con los demonios y ogros occidentales.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for oni in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is oni, spelled O-N-I.
Definition
- 1Criatura del folclore japonés que comparte muchas similitudes con los demonios y ogros occidentales.
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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Using “oni”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-N-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.