Gabón
[gaˈβ̞õn]
The verdict
“Gabón” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #29,226 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #29,226
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - País del África ecuatorial. Limita con el océano Atlántico, Guinea Ecuatorial, Camerún y el Congo Brazzaville.
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 | Gabón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [gaˈβ̞õn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gabón” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Gabón is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [gaˈβ̞õn]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,226 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
- 1País del África ecuatorial. Limita con el océano Atlántico, Guinea Ecuatorial, Camerún y el Congo Brazzaville.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “Gabón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-A-B-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gaˈβ̞õn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gan” - see the side-by-side comparison. Gabón vs gan
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.