Gédéon

\ʒe.de.ɔ̃\

/\ʒe.de.ɔ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Gédéon” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,090. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,090
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personnage biblique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gedeon · Gédéon · French

Gédéon · rank #45,090 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,090
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gut

Nearest frequency peer: gut (-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 « Gédéon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Gédéon » 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).

Gédéon vs Gideon
67% similar
Gédéon vs Gerson
50% similar
Gédéon vs Gendron
57% similar

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

Key facts for Gédéon
PropertyValue
HeadwordGédéon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒe.de.ɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,090
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gédéon »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gut » (#45,089), « gégé » (#45,091), « guetteur » (#45,088). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gédéon » est au #45,090. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Gédéon (IPA \ʒe.de.ɔ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,090 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Personnage biblique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gédéon, with forms such as "gdééon", "gedeon", and "ggédéon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Gideon", "Gerson", "Gendron", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Gédéon, spelled G-É-D-É-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personnage biblique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Gédéon n'était pas assez grand pour s'arroger cette puissance mystérieuse car ce n'était pas Gédéon mais le Fils de l'homme qui est venu non pour être servi mais pour servir (Matth., xx, 28)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gdééon
  • gedeon
  • ggédéon
  • géddéon
  • gédoén
  • gédéno
  • gédéonn
  • géédon
  • égdéon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gédéon - 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.

gdééon2gedeon2ggédéon1géddéon1gédoén2gédéno2gédéonn1géédon2
Edit distance from "Gédéon"

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 "Gédéon"?
"Gédéon" is spelled G-É-D-É-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒe.de.ɔ̃\.
What does "Gédéon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gédéon" means: Personnage biblique.
What words are commonly confused with "Gédéon"?
"Gédéon" is commonly confused with "Gideon", "Gerson", "Gendron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gédéon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gédéon" is \ʒe.de.ɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gédéon" come from?
"Gédéon" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gracie#45,081gisait#45,077Gillot#45,076immune#45,105

Similar misspelling depth

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

guetteur9 variantsgrappin9 variantsJulianne9 variantskraken9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list