onéreux

\ɔ.ne.ʁø\

/\ɔ.ne.ʁø\/ adj

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The verdict

“onéreux” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,267. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,267
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pénible, difficile à supporter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-onereux · onéreux · French

onéreux · rank #18,267 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #18,267
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH omis

Nearest frequency peer: omis (-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 « onéreux »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « onéreux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

onéreux vs onéreuse
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for onéreux
PropertyValue
Headwordonéreux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ.ne.ʁø\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,267
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « onéreux »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).onéreuxse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « omis » (#18,266), « opérant » (#18,268), « opérée » (#18,269). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « onéreux » est au #18,267. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around onéreux (IPA \ɔ.ne.ʁø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,267 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for onéreux, with forms such as "noéreux", "onereux", and "onnéreux". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "onéreuse", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is onéreux, spelled O-N-É-R-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pénible, difficile à supporter.
  2. 2
    Qui implique une contrepartie financière, par opposition à gratuit.
  3. 3
    Qui impose des frais importants, qui est dispendieux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how onéreux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Soyez sûre que les domestiques mettent toujours à contribution les bienfaits des maîtres ; qu’ils savent s’approprier de manière ou d’autre une partie de ce qu’on donne par leurs mains, et qu’ils exigent une reconnaissance très onéreuse de tout ce que le maître a fait gratuitement.
  2. Un marché public étant toujours conclu à titre onéreux, les prestations doivent être effectuées en contrepartie d’un prix.

This word in other languages

onerous(English)kostbar(Deutsch)oneroso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • noéreux
  • onereux
  • onnéreux
  • onréeux
  • onéerux
  • onéreuxx
  • onérexu
  • onérreux
  • onéruex
  • oénreux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of onéreux - 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.

noéreux2onereux1onnéreux1onréeux2onéerux2onéreuxx1onérexu2onérreux1
Edit distance from "onéreux"

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 "onéreux"?
"onéreux" is spelled O-N-É-R-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ne.ʁø\.
What does "onéreux" mean?
As an adjective, "onéreux" means: Pénible, difficile à supporter.
What words are commonly confused with "onéreux"?
"onéreux" is commonly confused with "onéreuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "onéreux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "onéreux" is \ɔ.ne.ʁø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "onéreux" come from?
"onéreux" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

opérant#18,268moquent#18,258maxwell#18,252léopard#18,247

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

lentille10 variantsressorti10 variantshérésie10 variantsrisquez10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list