onyx

\ɔ.niks\

/\ɔ.niks\/ noun

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The verdict

“onyx” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,501. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,501
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-onyx · onyx · French

onyx · rank #42,501 · 6 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,501
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH onces

Nearest frequency peer: onces (-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 « onyx »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « onyx » 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).

onyx vs ox
50% similar
onyx vs oy
50% similar
onyx vs onze
50% similar

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

Key facts for onyx
PropertyValue
Headwordonyx
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.niks\
Letters4
Frequency rank#42,501
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « onyx »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.onyxse 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 « onces » (#42,500), « opt » (#42,502), « orageuse » (#42,503). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « onyx » est au #42,501. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around onyx (IPA \ɔ.niks\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,501 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for onyx, with forms such as "noyx", "onnyx", and "onxy". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "ox", "oy", "onze", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is onyx, spelled O-N-Y-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parfum antique.
  2. 2
    Sorte d’agate très fine, qui présente des couches parallèles de différentes couleurs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L'Éternel dit aussi à Moïse ; Prens des drogues : savoir, du stacte, de l'onyx, du galbanum ; le tout préparé, & de l'encens pur, le tout à poids égal. Et tu en feras un parfum aromatique, selon l'art de parfumeur.
  2. Parmi les mollusques, rappelons que l'un d'eux fournit l'onyx qui était utilisé comme parfum dans l'antiquité.

This word in other languages

onyx(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • noyx
  • onnyx
  • onxy
  • onyxx
  • onyyx
  • oynx

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

noyx2onnyx1onxy2onyxx1onyyx1oynx2
Edit distance from "onyx"

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 "onyx"?
"onyx" is spelled O-N-Y-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.niks\.
What does "onyx" mean?
As a noun, "onyx" means: Parfum antique.
What words are commonly confused with "onyx"?
"onyx" is commonly confused with "ox", "oy", "onze". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "onyx"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "onyx" is \ɔ.niks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "onyx" come from?
"onyx" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

peng#42,514niño#42,487niet#42,483NDDL#42,482

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

onces6 variantsotite6 variantspoppy6 variantslubie6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list