Gon

[ɡoːn]

/[ɡoːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Gon” is uncommon German (frequency #60,625 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,625
frequency rank, German
54,401
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maßeinheit für den 100. Teil eines rechten Winkels (90°) beziehungsweise den 400. Teil eines Vollkreiswinkels (360°): 0,9°

Key facts for Gon
PropertyValue
HeadwordGon
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡoːn]
Letters3
Frequency rank#60,625
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gon” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Gon lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gon is uncommon German at frequency #60,625 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maßeinheit für den 100. Teil eines rechten Winkels (90°) beziehungsweise den 400. Teil eines Vollkreiswinkels (360°): 0,9°".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Gon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 German form is Gon, spelled G-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maßeinheit für den 100. Teil eines rechten Winkels (90°) beziehungsweise den 400. Teil eines Vollkreiswinkels (360°): 0,9°

Synonyms

Neugrad

This word in other languages

gon(English)grade(Français)

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gon"?
"Gon" is spelled G-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡoːn].
What does "Gon" mean?
As a noun, "Gon" means: Maßeinheit für den 100. Teil eines rechten Winkels (90°) beziehungsweise den 400. Teil eines Vollkreiswinkels (360°): 0,9°
How do you pronounce "Gon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gon" is [ɡoːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gon" come from?
"Gon" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Gon”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is G-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɡoːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list