goon

\ɡun\

/\ɡun\/ noun

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The verdict

“goon” is uncommon French (frequency #75,733 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,733
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Joueur de hockey qui cherche à se battre et à frapper l’adversaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-goon · goon · French

goon · rank #75,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,733
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gnan

Nearest frequency peer: gnan (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « goon »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « goon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for goon
PropertyValue
Headwordgoon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡun\
Letters4
Frequency rank#75,733
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « goon » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.goontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « gnan » (#75,732), « gov » (#75,734), « glorifient » (#75,731). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « goon » est au #75,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

goon is uncommon French at frequency #75,733 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡun\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Joueur de hockey qui cherche à se battre et à frapper l’adversaire.".

goon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is goon, spelled G-O-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Joueur de hockey qui cherche à se battre et à frapper l’adversaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les Canadiens de Montréal utiliseront un goon pour imposer le respect contre Toronto.

Synonyms

fier-à-brasgorille

This word in other languages

goon(English)

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 "goon"?
"goon" is spelled G-O-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡun\.
What does "goon" mean?
As a noun, "goon" means: Joueur de hockey qui cherche à se battre et à frapper l’adversaire.
How do you pronounce "goon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "goon" is \ɡun\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "goon" come from?
"goon" 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 "goon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gnan#75,732Guin#75,738fuzz#75,715innu#75,787

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list