Onema
The verdict
“Onema” is uncommon French (frequency #99,441 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,441
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En France, office national de l’eau et des milieux aquatiques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-onema · Onema · French
Onema · rank #99,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,441
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH ophrys
Nearest frequency peer: ophrys (+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 « Onema »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Oeillet
Oeillet
564 corpus weight
- oligarchies
oligarchies
562 corpus weight
- Onema
Onema
560 corpus weight
- ophrys
ophrys
559 corpus weight
- orchestrales
orchestrales
557 corpus weight
- organigramm…
organigrammes
555 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Onema » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Onema |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #99,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Onema » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Onema is uncommon French at frequency #99,441 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En France, office national de l’eau et des milieux aquatiques.".
Onema has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Onema, spelled O-N-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1En France, office national de l’eau et des milieux aquatiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Onema appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les agents de l’Onema (Office national de l’eau et des milieux aquatiques) et de la DDT (Direction départementale des territoires) sont habilités à effectuer des contrôles chez l’habitant et à appliquer les éventuelles sanctions.
Le rapport public de la Cour des Comptes confirme le constat d'une gestion défaillante de l’Onema et formule des recommandations pour l’améliorer.
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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