gallon

\ɡa.lɔ̃\

/\ɡa.lɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“gallon” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,783. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,783
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mesure britannique de capacité, pour les liquides, valant 4.54609 litres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gallon · gallon · French

gallon · rank #46,783 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,783
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gallons

Nearest frequency peer: gallons (+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 « gallon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gallon » 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).

gallon vs gazon
67% similar
gallon vs galop
67% similar
gallon vs galon
83% similar

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

Key facts for gallon
PropertyValue
Headwordgallon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡa.lɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,783
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gallon »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gallons » (#46,784), « gaillards » (#46,781), « gets » (#46,785). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gallon » est au #46,783. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around gallon (IPA \ɡa.lɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,783 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mesure britannique de capacité, pour les liquides, valant 4.54609 litres.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for gallon, with forms such as "agllon", "gallno", and "gallonn". 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, "gazon", "galop", "galon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gallon, spelled G-A-L-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mesure britannique de capacité, pour les liquides, valant 4.54609 litres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le gallon vaut à peu près quatre litres et demi.
  2. Un gallon de bière.

This word in other languages

gallon(English)galón(Español)Gallone(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agllon
  • gallno
  • gallonn
  • galoln
  • ggallon
  • glalon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

agllon2gallno2gallonn1galoln2ggallon1glalon2
Edit distance from "gallon"

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 "gallon"?
"gallon" is spelled G-A-L-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡa.lɔ̃\.
What does "gallon" mean?
As a noun, "gallon" means: Mesure britannique de capacité, pour les liquides, valant 4.54609 litres.
What words are commonly confused with "gallon"?
"gallon" is commonly confused with "gazon", "galop", "galon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gallon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gallon" is \ɡa.lɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gallon" come from?
"gallon" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fécule#46,779frises#46,777fringe#46,776Farida#46,751

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

gets6 variantsGilly6 variantsgimp6 variantsfork6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list