on-dit
\ɔ̃.di\
The verdict
“on-dit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propos qui se répète de bouche en bouche, rumeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-on-dit · on-dit · French
on-dit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | on-dit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ̃.di\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
on-dit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ̃.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propos qui se répète de bouche en bouche, rumeur.".
No misspelling variants are generated for on-dit in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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. The correct French form is on-dit, spelled O-N---D-I-T.
Definition
- 1Propos qui se répète de bouche en bouche, rumeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how on-dit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je le connais peu moi-même ; […], et, selon les on-dit, sa maison d’York est si pleine d’or et d’argent, que cela fait honte à voir dans un pays chrétien.
Mais il est prudent de n’accepter que sous réserve les on-dit de cette crédule population.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.