oignons
\ɔ.ɲɔ̃\
The verdict
“oignons” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,039. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,039
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de oignon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oignons · oignons · French
oignons · rank #10,039 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #10,039
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH notables
Nearest frequency peer: notables (-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 « oignons »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- métalliques
métalliques
89,965 corpus weight
- neufs
neufs
89,964 corpus weight
- notables
notables
89,963 corpus weight
- oignons
oignons
89,962 corpus weight
- optimisation
optimisation
89,961 corpus weight
- organisateur
organisateur
89,960 corpus weight
What this shows « oignons » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oignons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.ɲɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,039 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oignons »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around oignons (IPA \ɔ.ɲɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,039 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de oignon.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for oignons, with forms such as "iognons", "oginons", and "oiggnons". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "oignon", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is oignons, spelled O-I-G-N-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de oignon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oignons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’étaient des restes de bœuf bouilli achetés chez un rôtisseur tant soit peu regrattier, et fricassés au beurre avec des oignons coupés en tranches minces, jusqu’à ce que le beurre fût absorbé par la viande et par les oignons, de manière que ce mets de portier présentât l’aspect d’une friture.
Un client américain avait demandé un burger sans oignons à cause de son allergie. Servi malgré tout avec l’ingrédient indésirable, il a fini aux urgences et poursuit ainsi la chaîne de fast-food pour négligence grave.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iognons
- oginons
- oiggnons
- oignnons
- oignnos
- oignonns
- oignonss
- oignosn
- oigonns
- oingons
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oignons - 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.
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.
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Same letter count
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).