Avon
/ˈeɪ.vən/
"avon" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Avon” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,959. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,959
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A number of rivers in the United Kingdom:
Corpus desk
Index EN-avon · Avon · English
Avon · rank #15,959 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,959
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH avocado
Nearest frequency peer: avocado (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Avon”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- atheism
atheism
84,046 corpus weight
- audible
audible
84,044 corpus weight
- avocado
avocado
84,043 corpus weight
- Avon
Avon
84,042 corpus weight
- bangs
bangs
84,041 corpus weight
- bashing
bashing
84,040 corpus weight
What this shows “Avon” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Avon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈeɪ.vən/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #15,959 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Avon”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Avon (IPA /ˈeɪ.vən/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #15,959 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 49 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Avon, with forms such as "aovn", "avno", and "avonn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ayn", "Avs", "AWOL", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Compare with Welsh afon. Doublet of Almond (“a river in Scotland”). The correct English form is Avon, spelled A-V-O-N.
Definition
- 1A number of rivers in the United Kingdom:
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- 10A river in Canada; running from Lake Victoria in Stratford, Ontario into the Thames near St. Marys.
- 11A river in Canada; running from South Mountain in Nova Scotia to the Minas Basin at Avonport.
- 12A river in Canterbury, New Zealand; running from Avonhead through the center of Christchurch into Pegasus Bay.
- 13A river in Marlborough, New Zealand; running from a source in the Marlborough Region into the Waihopai.
- 14A river in Australia; running from Barrington Tops in New South Wales into the Gloucester River at Gloucester.
- 15A river in Australia; running from the Illawarra escarpment in New South Wales into the Cordeaux near Wilton.
- 16A river in Australia; running from Mount Wellington in Victoria into Lake Wellington.
- 17A river in Australia; running from the confluence of Avon and Reedy Creeks in Victoria into the Richardson River at Banyena.
- 18A river in Australia; running from near Pingelly in Western Australia to Walyunga National Park, where it merges with Wooroloo Brook to form the Swan.
- 19A place in England:
- 20A place in England:
- 21A place in England:
- 22A locality in the Wingecarribee council area and the Wollongong council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- 23A locality in South Australia.
- 24A commune of Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
- 25A commune of Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
- 26A number of places in the United States:
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- 47A number of places in the United States:
- 48Avon-by-the-Sea.
- 49A British surname.
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Compare with Welsh afon. Doublet of Almond (“a river in Scotland”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aovn
- avno
- avonn
- avvon
- vaon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Avon - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Avon", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).