-gon
"gon" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“-gon” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of internal angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -gon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “-gon” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
-gon is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of internal angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons).".
Zero misspellings are on record for -gon in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”). The correct English form is -gon, spelled --G-O-N.
Definition
- 1Forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of internal angles, and thus bounded by that number of line segments (polygons).
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “-gon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is --G-O-N - 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.