ondes
\ɔ̃d\
The verdict
“ondes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,169. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,169
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de onde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ondes · ondes · French
ondes · rank #4,169 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,169
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH observation
Nearest frequency peer: observation (-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 « ondes »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- napoléon
napoléon
95,835 corpus weight
- noires
noires
95,834 corpus weight
- observation
observation
95,833 corpus weight
- ondes
ondes
95,832 corpus weight
- opinions
opinions
95,831 corpus weight
- pacifique
pacifique
95,830 corpus weight
What this shows « ondes » 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 | ondes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ̃d\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,169 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ondes »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around ondes (IPA \ɔ̃d\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,169 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de onde.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ondes, with forms such as "nodes", "odnes", and "onddes". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "one", "ons", "onze", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ondes, spelled O-N-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de onde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ondes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec tous les photographes qui mitraillent à qui mieux mieux, la présence du ludion culturel qui a fait part sur les ondes de son opposition à la circulaire est la bienvenue et ne peut évidemment pas faire de mal. Fort bien, embrassons-nous, Folleville ! Il se montre d’ailleurs gai et détendu, peut-être un peu pompette, comme je ne l’avais encore jamais vu.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nodes
- odnes
- onddes
- ondess
- ondse
- oneds
- onndes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ondes - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ondes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).