onda

\on.ˈdɑ\

/\on.ˈdɑ\/ pron

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The verdict

“onda” is uncommon French (frequency #78,699 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,699
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Locatif de o.

Corpus desk

Index FR-onda · onda · French

onda · rank #78,699 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,699
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH olin

Nearest frequency peer: olin (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « onda »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « onda » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for onda
PropertyValue
Headwordonda
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPronoun
IPA\on.ˈdɑ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#78,699
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « onda » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ondatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « olin » (#78,698), « Onésime » (#78,700), « olim » (#78,697). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « onda » est au #78,699. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

onda is uncommon French at frequency #78,699 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed \on.ˈdɑ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Locatif de o.".

No misspelling variants are generated for onda in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is onda, spelled O-N-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Locatif de o.

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 "onda"?
"onda" is spelled O-N-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is \on.ˈdɑ\.
What does "onda" mean?
As a pronoun, "onda" means: Locatif de o.
How do you pronounce "onda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "onda" is \on.ˈdɑ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "onda" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

olin#78,698olim#78,697OPCA#78,701nera#78,675

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list