garçon

\ɡaʁ.sɔ̃\

/\ɡaʁ.sɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“garçon” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,918. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,918
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfant ou adolescent homme, par opposition à fille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-garcon · garçon · French

garçon · rank #1,918 · 9 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,918
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH fiche

Nearest frequency peer: fiche (-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 « garçon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « garçon » 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).

garçon vs gazon
67% similar
garçon vs garou
67% similar
garçon vs giron
67% similar

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

Key facts for garçon
PropertyValue
Headwordgarçon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡaʁ.sɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,918
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « garçon »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).garçonse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « fiche » (#1,917), « histoires » (#1,919), « européens » (#1,916). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « garçon » est au #1,918. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around garçon (IPA \ɡaʁ.sɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,918 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for garçon, with forms such as "agrçon", "garcon", and "garoçn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "gazon", "garou", "giron", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is garçon, spelled G-A-R-Ç-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enfant ou adolescent homme, par opposition à fille.
  2. 2
    Jeune homme.
  3. 3
    Homme de genre masculin.
  4. 4
    Homme célibataire.
  5. 5
    Employé subalterne affecté à un service particulier. Celui qui travaille sous les ordres d’un maître, d’un patron ou d’un chef.
  6. 6
    Serveur d’un café, d’un restaurant ou d’un hôtel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De ces cervelles fines, la plus fine était la petite Brulette, emmi les filles, et des plus épaisses, la plus épaisse paraissait celle de Joseph, emmi les garçons.
  2. Ses deux premières femmes n’avaient pas su lui donner de garçon : tant pis pour elles.

Synonyms

gamin

This word in other languages

boy(English)chico(Español)Junge(Deutsch)menino(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agrçon
  • garcon
  • garoçn
  • garrçon
  • garçno
  • garçonn
  • gaçron
  • ggarçon
  • graçon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of garçon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

agrçon2garcon1garoçn2garrçon1garçno2garçonn1gaçron2ggarçon1
Edit distance from "garçon"

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 "garçon"?
"garçon" is spelled G-A-R-Ç-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡaʁ.sɔ̃\.
What does "garçon" mean?
As a noun, "garçon" means: Enfant ou adolescent homme, par opposition à fille.
What words are commonly confused with "garçon"?
"garçon" is commonly confused with "gazon", "garou", "giron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "garçon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "garçon" is \ɡaʁ.sɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "garçon" come from?
"garçon" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

blague#1,902ajoute#1,897acteur#1,896sommet#1,890

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

efficace9 variantséchelle9 variantschiffre9 variantsdéfaut9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list