ontologie

/\ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,041

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

ontologie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Partie de la philosophie qui a pour objet l’être en tant qu’être, qui étudie les propriétés générales de l’être. Pronounced \ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Often confused with ontologique and oncologie.

Key facts for ontologie
PropertyValue
Headwordontologie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#43,041
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ontologie in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ontologie is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Corpus data places it at rank #43,041 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for ontologie, with forms such as "notologie", "onntologie", and "onotlogie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "ontologique", "oncologie", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is ontologie, spelled O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie de la philosophie qui a pour objet l’être en tant qu’être, qui étudie les propriétés générales de l’être.
  2. 2
    Ontologie informatique, ensemble structuré de concepts, eux-mêmes organisés dans un graphe dont les relations peuvent être des relations sémantiques ou des relations de composition et d’héritage (au sens objet).
  3. 3
    Étude de la genèse des entités médicales : maladies, signes cliniques, syndromes cliniques, symptômes, lésions, etc.
  4. 4
    Étude des êtres vivants.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: notologie,onntologie,onotlogie,ontloogie,ontolgoie,ontollogie,ontologei,ontologgie,ontoloige,ontoolgie,onttologie,otnologie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ontologie

Misspelling Variants of "ontologie"

notologie9onntologie10onotlogie9ontloogie9ontolgoie9ontollogie10ontologei9ontologgie10
Misspelling Variants of "ontologie"

Frequency rank: #43,041 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ontologie"?
"ontologie" is spelled O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\.
What does "ontologie" mean?
As a noun, "ontologie" means: Partie de la philosophie qui a pour objet l’être en tant qu’être, qui étudie les propriétés générales de l’être.
What words are commonly confused with "ontologie"?
"ontologie" is commonly confused with "ontologique", "oncologie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ontologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ontologie" is \ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ontologie" come from?
"ontologie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.