# Lyon

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #9,625

## Definitions
1. The third largest city in France; the capital of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
2. A metropolitan authority in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, outside of Rhône department, which includes the city of Lyon and most of its suburbs; in full, the Metropolis of Lyon.
3. A town in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States, named after the French city.

## Etymology
From French Lyon (supplanting earlier Lyons, derived from the Old French nominative form), from the Roman name, Latin Lugdūnum (“fort of Lug”), named after Lugus, a Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

## Easily confused with
- **lyra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lyon-vs-lyra)
- **lyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lyon-vs-lyre)
- **Lyons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lyon-vs-lyons)
- **Lytton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lyon-vs-lytton)
- **lo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lo-vs-lyon)
- **LN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ln-vs-lyon)
- **lot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lot-vs-lyon)
- **low** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/low-vs-lyon)
- **lol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lol-vs-lyon)
- **los** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lyon)
- **log** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/log-vs-lyon)
- **leo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leo-vs-lyon)
- **Lou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lou-vs-lyon)
- **lin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lin-vs-lyon)
- **LAN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lan-vs-lyon)
- **Len** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/len-vs-lyon)
- **loo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loo-vs-lyon)
- **Lao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lao-vs-lyon)
- **LOC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loc-vs-lyon)
- **Lon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lon-vs-lyon)

## Common misspellings (6)
`llyon`, `loyn`, `lyno`, `lyonn`, `lyyon`, `ylon`

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