billon
\bi.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“billon” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #41,675 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #41,675
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pièce de bois de sapin équarrie, billot.
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 | billon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bi.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #41,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “billon” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for billon is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bi.jɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,675 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for billon, with forms such as "bbillon", "billno", and "billonn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Billy", "bison", "Biron", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 billon, spelled B-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Pièce de bois de sapin équarrie, billot.
- 2Verge de vigne taillée à la longueur de trois ou quatre doigts.
- 3Ados, petites élévations de terre plus ou moins larges et bombées qu’on forme dans un terrain avec la charrue et qui sont séparés par des sillons profonds, ce qui permet la culture en milieux humides et de tenter de lutter contre l’érosion éolienne.
- 4Nom donné aux monnaies dont la valeur monétaire est supérieure à la valeur des métaux quelle contient.
- 5Monnaie de cuivre pur ou de cuivre mêlé avec un peu d’argent, comme les anciens sous.
- 6Monnaie de cuivre pur ou de cuivre mêlé avec un peu d’argent, comme les anciens sous.
- 7Monnaie de cuivre pur ou de cuivre mêlé avec un peu d’argent, comme les anciens sous.
- 8Sorte de massue comportant une partie renflée, quille.
- 9Jeu d’adresse du Nord-Pas-de-Calais consistant à lancer cette quille de bois.
- 10Petite racine, poudre de garance.
- 11Billon de conduite : Câble utilisé dans les ardoisières.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbillon,billno,billonn,biloln,bilon,blilon,ibllon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of billon - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “billon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-I-L-L-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bi.jɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Billy” - see the side-by-side comparison. billon vs Billy
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.