Ontario

/[õn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,193

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Ontario is aSpanishname. It means: es una provincia de Canadá cuya capital es la ciudad de Toronto. Pronounced [õn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]. Often confused with ovario and Octavio.

Key facts for Ontario
PropertyValue
HeadwordOntario
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[õn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,193
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Ontario in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Ontario is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [õn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,193 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "es una provincia de Canadá cuya capital es la ciudad de Toronto.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Ontario, with forms such as "onatrio", "onntario", and "ontairo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ovario", "Octavio", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Ontario, spelled O-N-T-A-R-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    es una provincia de Canadá cuya capital es la ciudad de Toronto.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: onatrio,onntario,ontairo,ontaroi,ontarrio,ontraio,onttario,otnario

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Ontario

Misspelling Variants of "Ontario"

onatrio7onntario8ontairo7ontaroi7ontarrio8ontraio7onttario8otnario7
Misspelling Variants of "Ontario"

Frequency rank: #36,193 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ontario"?
"Ontario" is spelled O-N-T-A-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [õn̪ˈt̪aɾjo].
What does "Ontario" mean?
As a name, "Ontario" means: es una provincia de Canadá cuya capital es la ciudad de Toronto.
What words are commonly confused with "Ontario"?
"Ontario" is commonly confused with "ovario", "Octavio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ontario"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ontario" is [õn̪ˈt̪aɾjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ontario" come from?
"Ontario" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.