Gordon

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The verdict

“Gordon” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,549. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,549
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille écossais puis anglais et américain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gordon · Gordon · French

Gordon · rank #8,549 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,549
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH girls

Nearest frequency peer: girls (-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 « Gordon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Gordon » 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).

Gordon vs guidon
50% similar
Gordon vs goujon
50% similar
Gordon vs goudron
57% similar

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

Key facts for Gordon
PropertyValue
HeadwordGordon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,549
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Gordon »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Gordonse 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 « girls » (#8,548), « guerriers » (#8,550), « funérailles » (#8,547). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Gordon » est au #8,549. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Gordon, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,549 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille écossais puis anglais et américain.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gordon, with forms such as "ggordon", "godron", and "gorddon". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "guidon", "goujon", "goudron", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Gordon, spelled G-O-R-D-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille écossais puis anglais et américain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les anciens comtes de cette province (le Sutherland) étoient de la maison de Murray ; aujourd’hui cette seigneurie est tombée dans la maison des Gordons, dont le chef de la branche aînée prend le titre de duc de Gordon.
  2. Le musicien trouve ses influences auprès de Dexter Gordon, Nat King Cole ou Johnny Griffin.

This word in other languages

Gordon(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggordon
  • godron
  • gorddon
  • gordno
  • gordonn
  • gorodn
  • gorrdon
  • grodon
  • ogrdon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ggordon1godron2gorddon1gordno2gordonn1gorodn2gorrdon1grodon2
Edit distance from "Gordon"

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 "Gordon"?
"Gordon" is spelled G-O-R-D-O-N.
What does "Gordon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gordon" means: Nom de famille écossais puis anglais et américain.
What words are commonly confused with "Gordon"?
"Gordon" is commonly confused with "guidon", "goujon", "goudron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Gordon" come from?
"Gordon" 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 "Gordon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Eugène#8,543landes#8,570Damien#8,526London#8,576

Similar misspelling depth

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

jumeaux9 variantsLausanne9 variantsMohammed9 variantschutes9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list