fogon
\fo.ɡɔ̃\
The verdict
“fogon” 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) - Type de cheminée à foyer ouvert utilisé en Amérique du Sud.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fogon · fogon · French
fogon · 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 "F" 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 | fogon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fo.ɡɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fogon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fogon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fo.ɡɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Type de cheminée à foyer ouvert utilisé en Amérique du Sud.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for fogon in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fogon, spelled F-O-G-O-N.
Definition
- 1Type de cheminée à foyer ouvert utilisé en Amérique du Sud.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fogon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Philémon Bigua avait fait installer un fogon rappelant la vie des ranchos. On y faisait un grand feu de la pampa avec du sapin des Ardennes, Ce n’était pas un fogon purement décoratif : le matin de bonne heure, le colonel y grillait lui-même son churrasco de la boucherie Gambetta et toute la journée la pava y était suspendue, à la disposition des buveurs…
Rien de tel que le fogon pour acclimater l’étranger et harmoniser une compagnie hétéroclite.
This word in other languages
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.