# Saigon

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈsaɪɡɒn/ · frequency rank #21,919

## Definitions
1. The former name of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam; the former capital of South Vietnam.
2. A ward of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Sài Gòn.

## Easily confused with
- **sign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-sign)
- **Sion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-sion)
- **Simon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-simon)
- **salon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-salon)
- **Saxon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-saxon)
- **scion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-scion)
- **Saito** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-saito)
- **Sligo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-sligo)
- **salmon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-salmon)
- **sailor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-sailor)
- **saloon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-saloon)
- **Samson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-samson)
- **Sauron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-sauron)
- **Shimon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-shimon)
- **Saipan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saigon-vs-saipan)
- **Sagan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sagan-vs-saigon)

## Common misspellings (8)
`asigon`, `sagion`, `saiggon`, `saigno`, `saigonn`, `saiogn`, `siagon`, `ssaigon`

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