# talon

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtælən/ · frequency rank #30,254

## Definitions
1. A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
2. One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
3. A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.)
4. The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
5. The remaining stock of undealt cards.
6. A document that could be detached and presented in exchange for a block of further coupons on a bond, when the original block had been used up.

## Etymology
From Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Proto-Romance *tālōnis, from Latin tālus (“ankle”).

## Easily confused with
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-ton)
- **tan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-tan)
- **tao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-tao)
- **toon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-toon)
- **taro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-taro)
- **thon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-thon)
- **Taos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-taos)
- **tarn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-tarn)
- **Tyson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-tyson)
- **tarot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-tarot)
- **Timon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-timon)
- **Teton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-teton)
- **Taylor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-taylor)
- **Toulon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-toulon)
- **tampon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-tampon)
- **Teflon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talon-vs-teflon)
- **Tal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tal-vs-talon)
- **talk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/talk-vs-talon)
- **tall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tall-vs-talon)
- **tale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tale-vs-talon)

## Common misspellings (6)
`tallon`, `talno`, `talonn`, `taoln`, `tlaon`, `ttalon`

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