Gabón

[gaˈβ̞õn]

/[gaˈβ̞õn]/ name

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The verdict

“Gabón” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #29,226. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,226
frequency rank, Spanish
1,728
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - País del África ecuatorial. Limita con el océano Atlántico, Guinea Ecuatorial, Camerún y el Congo Brazzaville.

Corpus desk

Index ES-gabon · Gabón · Spanish

Gabón · rank #29,226 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,226
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,728
  • PHOTO-FINISH futurista

Nearest frequency peer: futurista (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “Gabón”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “Gabón” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Gabón vs gan
40% similar
Gabón vs gato
20% similar
Gabón vs gano
20% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Gabón
PropertyValue
HeadwordGabón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[gaˈβ̞õn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#29,226
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Gabón”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).Gabóncae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “futurista” (#29,225), “fundir” (#29,224), “galpón” (#29,228). Entre 1,728 lemas con “G”, “Gabón” va en #29,226. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Gabón (IPA [gaˈβ̞õn]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #29,226 among 1,728 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "País del África ecuatorial. Limita con el océano Atlántico, Guinea Ecuatorial, Camerún y el Congo Brazzaville.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gabón, with forms such as "agbón", "gabbón", and "gabnó". 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, "gan", "gato", "gano", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is Gabón, spelled G-A-B-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    País del África ecuatorial. Limita con el océano Atlántico, Guinea Ecuatorial, Camerún y el Congo Brazzaville.

This word in other languages

Gabon(English)Gabon(Français)Gabun(Deutsch)Gabão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agbón
  • gabbón
  • gabnó
  • gabónn
  • gavón
  • gaóbn
  • gbaón
  • ggabón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gabón - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

agbón2gabbón1gabnó2gabónn1gavón1gaóbn2gbaón2ggabón1
Edit distance from "Gabón"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gabón"?
"Gabón" is spelled G-A-B-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [gaˈβ̞õn].
What does "Gabón" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gabón" means: País del África ecuatorial. Limita con el océano Atlántico, Guinea Ecuatorial, Camerún y el Congo Brazzaville.
What words are commonly confused with "Gabón"?
"Gabón" is commonly confused with "gan", "gato", "gano". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gabón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gabón" is [gaˈβ̞õn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gabón" come from?
"Gabón" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gabón", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

formo#29,220Greta#29,235every#29,208edema#29,180

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Fresno8 variantsgolpeo8 variantsfollaje8 variantsescoja8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list