ona
The verdict
“ona” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,492 among 846 “O” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,492
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 846
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ela
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ona |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #57,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ona” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ona is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,492 among 846 “O” headwords, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ela".
ona has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is ona, spelled O-N-A.
Definition
- 1ela
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ona”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.