ontologique

\ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\

/\ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\/ adj

The verdict

“ontologique” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,940. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,940
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a rapport à l’ontologie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ontologique · ontologique · French

ontologique · rank #41,940 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #41,940
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH oli

Nearest frequency peer: oli (-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 « ontologique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ontologique » 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).

ontologique vs ontologie
82% similar

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

Key facts for ontologique
PropertyValue
Headwordontologique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\
Letters11
Frequency rank#41,940
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ontologique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ontologiquese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « oli » (#41,939), « ophtalmologie » (#41,941), « offusque » (#41,938). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ontologique » est au #41,940. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around ontologique (IPA \ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,940 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for ontologique, with forms such as "notologique", "onntologique", and "onotlogique". 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, "ontologie", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ontologique, spelled O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a rapport à l’ontologie.
  2. 2
    Qui concerne ce qui est constitutif de l’être, le fait même d’exister.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La preuve ontologique de l’existence de Dieu, c’est la preuve tirée de l’idée de l’être infini, l’existence étant contenue dans l’idée que l’on a de la perfection.
  2. Pour s’évader de la mentalité scolastique, il fallait répudier le réalisme des universaux […] ; qui conduisait à des théories erronées, telles que la fixité des espèces et la distinction ontologique des caractères essentiels et accidentels ; […].

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • notologique
  • onntologique
  • onotlogique
  • ontloogique
  • ontolgoique
  • ontollogique
  • ontologgique
  • ontologiqeu
  • ontologiqque
  • ontologiuqe
  • ontologqiue
  • ontoloigque
  • ontoolgique
  • onttologique
  • otnologique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ontologique - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

notologique2onntologique1onotlogique2ontloogique2ontolgoique2ontollogique1ontologgique1ontologiqeu2
Edit distance from "ontologique"

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 "ontologique"?
"ontologique" is spelled O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\.
What does "ontologique" mean?
As an adjective, "ontologique" means: Qui a rapport à l’ontologie.
What words are commonly confused with "ontologique"?
"ontologique" is commonly confused with "ontologie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ontologique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ontologique" is \ɔ̃.tɔ.lɔ.ʒik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ontologique" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list