gon
/ɡoʊn/contraction, noun
gon is a contraction meaning “Alternative form of gonna” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-O-N, and it appears 2.2 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does gon mean?
contraction
- 1
informalAlternative form of gonna.
I’m gon be there around four.
noun
- 1
One hundredth of a right angle: a gradian.
- 2
Abbreviation of gondola car.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce gon?
- /ɡən/
- /ɡoʊn/
- /ɡɔn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame--gon.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-gon.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gon
- gons plural
- gono-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is gon?
Gon appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with gon
Also written: gonna.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Gon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does gon come from?
Clipping of gonna. Compare Middle English gon, dialectal gan, Dutch gaan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).