oneille
\ɔ.nɛj\
The verdict
“oneille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oreille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oneille · oneille · French
oneille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | oneille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.nɛj\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « oneille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
oneille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.nɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oreille.".
oneille has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is oneille, spelled O-N-E-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Oreille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how oneille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sabre à finances, corne de ma gidouille, madame la financière, j’ai des oneilles pour parler et vous une bouche pour m’entendre.
Alors (mais seulement alors), il réveillèrent Karascon en lui incinérant des petits bouts de bois dans les oneilles (vous voyez qui j’allusionne ?) et ils lui dirent d’aller bien vite se coucher […]
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.