Babylon

\ˈbaː.bi.ˌlɔn\

/\ˈbaː.bi.ˌlɔn\/ name

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The verdict

“Babylon” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,662. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,662
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-babylon · Babylon · French

Babylon · rank #38,662 · 11 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,662
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH baal

Nearest frequency peer: baal (-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 « Babylon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Babylon » 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).

Babylon vs ballon
57% similar
Babylon vs baryton
57% similar
Babylon vs bâillon
43% similar

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

Key facts for Babylon
PropertyValue
HeadwordBabylon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ˈbaː.bi.ˌlɔn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#38,662
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Babylon »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Babylonse 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 « baal » (#38,661), « Bachelot » (#38,663), « axés » (#38,660). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « Babylon » est au #38,662. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Babylon (IPA \ˈbaː.bi.ˌlɔn\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,662 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Babylone.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Babylon, with forms such as "abbylon", "babbylon", and "bablyon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "ballon", "baryton", "bâillon", 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 French form is Babylon, spelled B-A-B-Y-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Babylone.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Babylon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Mitternacht rückt' näher schon / in stummer Ruh' lag Babylon. — (Heinrich Heine, Ballade von Belsazar)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbylon
  • babbylon
  • bablyon
  • babyllon
  • babylno
  • babylonn
  • babyoln
  • babyylon
  • bayblon
  • bbabylon
  • bbaylon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Babylon - 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.

abbylon2babbylon1bablyon2babyllon1babylno2babylonn1babyoln2babyylon1
Edit distance from "Babylon"

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 "Babylon"?
"Babylon" is spelled B-A-B-Y-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈbaː.bi.ˌlɔn\.
What does "Babylon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Babylon" means: Babylone.
What words are commonly confused with "Babylon"?
"Babylon" is commonly confused with "ballon", "baryton", "bâillon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Babylon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Babylon" is \ˈbaː.bi.ˌlɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Babylon" come from?
"Babylon" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

baroques11 variantsapprentie11 variantsCagliari11 variantsalicante11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list