avon

\ˈaːvôn\

/\ˈaːvôn\/ noun

The verdict

“avon” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,483. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,483
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rivière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avon · avon · French

avon · rank #30,483 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,483
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aviateur

Nearest frequency peer: aviateur (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « avon »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « avon » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

avon vs AVS
0% similar
avon vs avons
80% similar
avon vs avoué
60% similar

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

Key facts for avon
PropertyValue
Headwordavon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈaːvôn\
Letters4
Frequency rank#30,483
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « avon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.avonse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « aviateur » (#30,482), « baises » (#30,484), « avatars » (#30,481). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « avon » est au #30,483. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around avon (IPA \ˈaːvôn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,483 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Rivière.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for avon, with forms such as "aovn", "avno", and "avonn". 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, "AVS", "avons", "avoué", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is avon, spelled A-V-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rivière.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aovn
  • avno
  • avonn
  • avvon
  • vaon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of avon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

aovn2avno2avonn1avvon1vaon2
Edit distance from "avon"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "avon"?
"avon" is spelled A-V-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈaːvôn\.
What does "avon" mean?
As a noun, "avon" means: Rivière.
What words are commonly confused with "avon"?
"avon" is commonly confused with "AVS", "avons", "avoué". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "avon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "avon" is \ˈaːvôn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "avon" come from?
"avon" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list