calon
\ka.lɔ̃\
The verdict
“calon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liqueur qui se tire du cocotier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calon · calon · French
calon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.lɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « calon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
calon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.lɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Liqueur qui se tire du cocotier.".
No misspelling variants are generated for calon in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is calon, spelled C-A-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Liqueur qui se tire du cocotier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how calon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le calon est une liqueur fort agréable provenant du cocotier et du palmier , que l’on obtient à l’aide d’un procédé fort simple.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.