Guillon

\gi.jɔ̃\

/\gi.jɔ̃\/ name

The verdict

“Guillon” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,533. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,533
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guillon · Guillon · French

Guillon · rank #35,533 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,533
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Guibert

Nearest frequency peer: Guibert (-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 « Guillon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Guillon » 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).

Guillon vs guillot
71% similar
Guillon vs Guillou
86% similar
Guillon vs guidon
57% similar

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

Key facts for Guillon
PropertyValue
HeadwordGuillon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\gi.jɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,533
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Guillon »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Guillonse 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 « Guibert » (#35,532), « guetter » (#35,531), « gît » (#35,535). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « Guillon » est au #35,533. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Guillon (IPA \gi.jɔ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,533 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Guillon, with forms such as "gguillon", "giullon", and "guillno". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "guillot", "Guillou", "guidon", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Guillon, spelled G-U-I-L-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au petit matin, les permanents du secteur non alimentaire s’installent avant les marchands ponctuels ; Marc Assouline et Nathalie Guillon font partie de la soixantaine de vendeurs permanents du marché ; Noëlle Navarrete est placière au marché de Rochefort depuis 2017 ; Yann Lannemajou encaisse les marchands non-permanents.
  2. La chanteuse Vitaa, l’animateur de radio Bruno Guillon, des joueurs du PSG : de nombreuses personnalités connues ont récemment été victimes de « home-jackings ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gguillon
  • giullon
  • guillno
  • guillonn
  • guiloln
  • guilon
  • gulilon
  • ugillon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Guillon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

gguillon1giullon2guillno2guillonn1guiloln2guilon1gulilon2ugillon2
Edit distance from "Guillon"

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 "Guillon"?
"Guillon" is spelled G-U-I-L-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \gi.jɔ̃\.
What does "Guillon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Guillon" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Guillon"?
"Guillon" is commonly confused with "guillot", "Guillou", "guidon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Guillon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Guillon" is \gi.jɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Guillon" come from?
"Guillon" 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 "Guillon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list