# Gabon

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɡəˈbɒn/ · frequency rank #32,003

## Definitions
1. A country in Central Africa. Official name: Gabonese Republic. Capital: Libreville.

## Etymology
From Portuguese gabão (“cloak”), referring to the Komo estuary.

## Easily confused with
- **GAO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-gao)
- **gan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-gan)
- **gain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-gain)
- **goon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-goon)
- **Gaby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-gaby)
- **gaol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-gaol)
- **Gaon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-gaon)
- **Gavin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-gavin)
- **gator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-gator)
- **Galen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-galen)
- **Gabor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-gabor)
- **garbo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-garbo)
- **Gibson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-gibson)
- **gallon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-gallon)
- **Gaston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-gaston)
- **Gannon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-gannon)
- **gibbon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabon-vs-gibbon)
- **gab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gab-vs-gabon)
- **Gabe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabe-vs-gabon)
- **gabi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gabi-vs-gabon)

## Common misspellings (7)
`agbon`, `gabbon`, `gabno`, `gabonn`, `gaobn`, `gbaon`, `ggabon`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gabon