ondoyer
\ɔ̃.dwa.je\
The verdict
“ondoyer” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Remuer, se mouvoir à la manière des ondes, de façon sinueuse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ondoyer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɔ̃.dwa.je\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ondoyer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ondoyer is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ̃.dwa.je\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ondoyer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ondoyer, spelled O-N-D-O-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1Remuer, se mouvoir à la manière des ondes, de façon sinueuse.
- 2Croître et décroître successivement.
- 3Manquer de constance, de fermeté dans ses opinions, adopter avec souplesse des positions différentes, des attitudes diverses.
- 4Baptiser, répandre de l’eau sur la tête de quelqu’un, au nom des trois personnes de la sainte Trinité, sans observer les autres cérémonies du baptême.
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.
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Using “ondoyer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-N-D-O-Y-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔ̃.dwa.je\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.