oignon

\ɔ.ɲɔ̃\

/\ɔ.ɲɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“oignon” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,439. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,439
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante à bulbe comestible, de la famille des liliacées (classification classique) ou des amaryllidacées (classification phylogénétique).

Corpus desk

Index FR-oignon · oignon · French

oignon · rank #13,439 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,439
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH offensif

Nearest frequency peer: offensif (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « oignon »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « oignon » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

oignon vs oignons
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for oignon
PropertyValue
Headwordoignon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.ɲɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,439
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oignon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.oignonse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « offensif » (#13,438), « pallier » (#13,440), « observés » (#13,437). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « oignon » est au #13,439. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around oignon (IPA \ɔ.ɲɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,439 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for oignon, with forms such as "iognon", "oginon", and "oiggnon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "oignons", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is oignon, spelled O-I-G-N-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante à bulbe comestible, de la famille des liliacées (classification classique) ou des amaryllidacées (classification phylogénétique).
  2. 2
    Bulbe de cette plante, utilisé comme légume ou condiment.
  3. 3
    Bulbe de plante.
  4. 4
    Callosité douloureuse qui vient aux pieds.
  5. 5
    Anus.
  6. 6
    Montre de poche, montre à gousset épaisse et de forme rebondie.
  7. 7
    Ce qui concerne ou regarde quelqu’un en personne.
  8. 8
    Couleur rose violacée que présente la pellicule de l’oignon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how oignon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La culture intensive de l’oignon, pratiquée sur les rives du Mayo Binder, contribue pour beaucoup à l’originalité du canton de Binder dans la zone soudanienne.
  2. Au regard des résultats, il nous semble que le nombre d’écotypes d’oignon répertorié ne correspond pas à la réalité. Les mêmes variétés d'une même origine peuvent être cultivées dans différents pays et porter des appellations différentes. Ces variétés le plus souvent sont appelées à tort de nouvelles populations d’oignon.

This word in other languages

onion(English)cebolla(Español)Zwiebel(Deutsch)cebola(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iognon
  • oginon
  • oiggnon
  • oignno
  • oignnon
  • oignonn
  • oigonn
  • oingon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oignon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iognon2oginon2oiggnon1oignno2oignnon1oignonn1oigonn2oingon2
Edit distance from "oignon"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oignon"?
"oignon" is spelled O-I-G-N-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ɲɔ̃\.
What does "oignon" mean?
As a noun, "oignon" means: Plante à bulbe comestible, de la famille des liliacées (classification classique) ou des amaryllidacées (classification phylogénétique).
What words are commonly confused with "oignon"?
"oignon" is commonly confused with "oignons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "oignon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oignon" is \ɔ.ɲɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oignon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perche#13,444morris#13,431mordre#13,429mentor#13,426

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

juives8 variantséolien8 variantsessayes8 variantsennuyer8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list