onction

\ɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\

/\ɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“onction” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,455. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,455
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’oindre. Action de frotter doucement quelque partie du corps avec une substance grasse huileuse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-onction · onction · French

onction · rank #37,455 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,455
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH officialiser

Nearest frequency peer: officialiser (-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 « onction »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « onction » 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).

onction vs option
71% similar
onction vs ovation
71% similar

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

Key facts for onction
PropertyValue
Headwordonction
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,455
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « onction »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).onctionse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « officialiser » (#37,454), « onglets » (#37,456), « officer » (#37,453). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « onction » est au #37,455. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around onction (IPA \ɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,455 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for onction, with forms such as "noction", "ocntion", and "oncction". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "option", "ovation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is onction, spelled O-N-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’oindre. Action de frotter doucement quelque partie du corps avec une substance grasse huileuse.
  2. 2
    Action d’oindre qui entre dans l’administration de quelques sacrements et dans plusieurs cérémonies de l’église.
  3. 3
    Douceur particulière qui, dans un discours, dans un écrit, touche le cœur et porte à la dévotion ou à une sorte d’attendrissement.
  4. 4
    Action pacifiante et douce de la grâce.
  5. 5
    Approbation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'usage du chrémeau nous conduit ainsi naturellement à celui du bandeau de lin que les confirmands tiennent à la main en s'approchant du Pontife et dont on leur bande le front après l’onction sacramentelle.
  2. L’onction du baptême, de la confirmation. Onction sacrée, sacerdotale. L’onction des évêques. L’évêque qui a fait les onctions.

This word in other languages

anointing(English)unció(Español)Salbung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • noction
  • ocntion
  • oncction
  • onciton
  • onctino
  • onctionn
  • onctoin
  • oncttion
  • onnction
  • ontcion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of onction - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

noction2ocntion2oncction1onciton2onctino2onctionn1onctoin2oncttion1
Edit distance from "onction"

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 "onction"?
"onction" is spelled O-N-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\.
What does "onction" mean?
As a noun, "onction" means: Action d’oindre. Action de frotter doucement quelque partie du corps avec une substance grasse huileuse.
What words are commonly confused with "onction"?
"onction" is commonly confused with "option", "ovation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "onction"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "onction" is \ɔ̃k.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "onction" come from?
"onction" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

onglets#37,456officer#37,453névrose#37,451nymphes#37,450

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

paierait10 variantsparasol10 variantsmyself10 variantsperdais10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list