galons
\ɡa.lɔ̃\
The verdict
“galons” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,971
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de galon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-galons · galons · French
galons · rank #31,971 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,971
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH fustige
Nearest frequency peer: fustige (-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 « galons »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- frictions
frictions
68,034 corpus weight
- froc
froc
68,033 corpus weight
- froment
froment
68,032 corpus weight
- fustige
fustige
68,031 corpus weight
- galons
galons
68,030 corpus weight
- gaver
gaver
68,029 corpus weight
What this shows « galons » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | galons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡa.lɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #31,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « galons »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around galons (IPA \ɡa.lɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,971 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de galon.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for galons, with forms such as "aglons", "galnos", and "galonns". 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", "gloss", 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is galons, spelled G-A-L-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de galon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how galons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et ne voit-on pas, en plein vingtième siècle que nous sommes, s’agiter et pérambuler des suffisances harnachées de tous les hochets flatteurs, mais dont la seule prétention constitue le mérite, des faux-cols éblouissants surmontés d’officielle sottise et, de-ci de-là, quelques gredins dont s’adorne le blason tel que le définissait Aurélien Scholl : « de g…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aglons
- galnos
- galonns
- galonss
- galosn
- gaolns
- ggalons
- glaons
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of galons - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).