Onésime

\ɔ.ne.zim\

/\ɔ.ne.zim\/ name

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The verdict

“Onésime” is uncommon French (frequency #78,700 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,700
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-onesime · Onésime · French

Onésime · rank #78,700 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,700
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH onda

Nearest frequency peer: onda (-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 « Onésime »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Onésime » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Onésime
PropertyValue
HeadwordOnésime
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɔ.ne.zim\
Letters7
Frequency rank#78,700
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Onésime » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Onésimetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « onda » (#78,699), « OPCA » (#78,701), « olin » (#78,698). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « Onésime » est au #78,700. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Onésime is uncommon French at frequency #78,700 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɔ.ne.zim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Onésime doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Onésime, spelled O-N-É-S-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.
  2. 2
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Onésime, son adjoint, était une sorte d’Hercule quelque peu microcéphale.

This word in other languages

Onésimo(Español)

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 "Onésime"?
"Onésime" is spelled O-N-É-S-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.ne.zim\.
What does "Onésime" mean?
As a proper noun, "Onésime" means: Prénom masculin.
How do you pronounce "Onésime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Onésime" is \ɔ.ne.zim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Onésime" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list