ganglions

/\ɡɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,412

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

ganglions is aFrenchnoun. It means: Cerveau, système nerveux. Pronounced \ɡɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃\.

Key facts for ganglions
PropertyValue
Headwordganglions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#36,412
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ganglions in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ganglions is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,412 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cerveau, système nerveux.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for ganglions, with forms such as "agnglions", "gagnlions", and "gangglions". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is ganglions, spelled G-A-N-G-L-I-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cerveau, système nerveux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: agnglions,gagnlions,gangglions,gangilons,ganglinos,ganglionns,ganglionss,gangliosn,gangllions,gangloins,ganlgions,gannglions,gganglions,gnaglions

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ganglions

Misspelling Variants of "ganglions"

agnglions9gagnlions9gangglions10gangilons9ganglinos9ganglionns10ganglionss10gangliosn9
Misspelling Variants of "ganglions"

Frequency rank: #36,412 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ganglions"?
"ganglions" is spelled G-A-N-G-L-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃\.
What does "ganglions" mean?
As a noun, "ganglions" means: Cerveau, système nerveux.
What are common misspellings of "ganglions"?
Common misspellings include "agnglions", "gagnlions", "gangglions", "gangilons", "ganglinos". The correct spelling is "ganglions".
How do you pronounce "ganglions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ganglions" is \ɡɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ganglions" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.