Timon
/ˈtaɪmən/
"timon" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Timon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,951. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,951
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use.
Corpus desk
Index EN-timon · Timon · English
Timon · rank #42,951 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,951
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tipperary
Nearest frequency peer: Tipperary (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Timon”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- thermally
thermally
57,054 corpus weight
- throb
throb
57,053 corpus weight
- THT
THT
57,052 corpus weight
- Timon
Timon
57,050 corpus weight
- Tipperary
Tipperary
57,049 corpus weight
- tormenting
tormenting
57,047 corpus weight
What this shows “Timon” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Timon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈtaɪmən/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #42,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Timon”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Timon (IPA /ˈtaɪmən/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #42,951 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Timon, with forms such as "itmon", "timmon", and "timno". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ton", "tin", "tio", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Ancient Greek Τῑ́μων (Tī́mōn). The correct English form is Timon, spelled T-I-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Timon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Great Timon, noble, worthy, royal Timon! / Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise, / The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Τῑ́μων (Tī́mōn).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- itmon
- timmon
- timno
- timonn
- tiomn
- tmion
- ttimon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Timon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).