onion
/ˈʌn.jən/
The verdict
“onion” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,735 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,735
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cebolla.
Corpus desk
Index ES-onion · onion · Spanish
onion · rank #53,735 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,735
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH onde
Nearest frequency peer: onde (-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 “onion”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ofrecieran
ofrecieran
46,269 corpus weight
- onde
onde
46,267 corpus weight
- onion
onion
46,266 corpus weight
- oponemos
oponemos
46,265 corpus weight
- optimizado
optimizado
46,264 corpus weight
- oramos
oramos
46,263 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “onion” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | onion |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʌn.jən/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,735 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “onion” en español
Rare enough to double-check
onion is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,735 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʌn.jən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cebolla.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for onion, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is onion, spelled O-N-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Cebolla.
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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