onguents

\ɔ̃.ɡɑ̃\

/\ɔ̃.ɡɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“onguents” is uncommon French (frequency #73,404 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,404
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de onguent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-onguents · onguents · French

onguents · rank #73,404 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,404
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH Orlov

Nearest frequency peer: Orlov (+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 « onguents »

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 « onguents » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for onguents
PropertyValue
Headwordonguents
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ̃.ɡɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#73,404
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « onguents » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.onguentstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Orlov » (#73,405), « omnivores » (#73,402), « Ort » (#73,406). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « onguents » est au #73,404. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

onguents is uncommon French at frequency #73,404 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ̃.ɡɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de onguent.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for onguents in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is onguents, spelled O-N-G-U-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de onguent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle achetait les onguents, des pots de fard, des crayons, qui traînaient sur tous les meubles, avec des houppettes de poudre de riz et des flacons d’odeur.

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 "onguents"?
"onguents" is spelled O-N-G-U-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ̃.ɡɑ̃\.
What does "onguents" mean?
As a noun, "onguents" means: Pluriel de onguent.
How do you pronounce "onguents"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "onguents" is \ɔ̃.ɡɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "onguents" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list