Japon

\ʒa.pɔ̃\

/\ʒa.pɔ̃\/ name

The verdict

“Japon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,740. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,740
frequency rank, French
957
“J” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pays insulaire de l’Asie de l’Est, situé entre l’océan Pacifique et la mer du Japon, à l’est de la Chine et de la Corée, au sud-sud-est de la Russie, et au nord-est de Taïwan, et qui a Tokyo pour c...

Corpus desk

Index FR-japon · Japon · French

Japon · rank #1,740 · 7 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,740
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 957
  • PHOTO-FINISH indépendance

Nearest frequency peer: indépendance (-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 « Japon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Japon » 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).

Japon vs jon
40% similar
Japon vs Jason
80% similar
Japon vs jeton
40% similar

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

Key facts for Japon
PropertyValue
HeadwordJapon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʒa.pɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,740
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Japon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Japonse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « indépendance » (#1,739), « justement » (#1,741), « humains » (#1,738). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « Japon » est au #1,740. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Japon (IPA \ʒa.pɔ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,740 among 957 “J” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Japon, with forms such as "ajpon", "jaopn", and "japno". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "jon", "Jason", "jeton", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Japon, spelled J-A-P-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pays insulaire de l’Asie de l’Est, situé entre l’océan Pacifique et la mer du Japon, à l’est de la Chine et de la Corée, au sud-sud-est de la Russie, et au nord-est de Taïwan, et qui a Tokyo pour capitale.
  2. 2
    Pays développé non occidental.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En dépit de ses égarements (l'invasion de la Corée, celle de la Chine, la déclaration de guerre aux États-Unis), le Japon, défait et doté d'une nouvelle constitution, est parvenu à intégrer, à la fin du XXᵉ siècle, le club sélect du G7 et à se maintenir parmi les nations influentes de la planète.
  2. [Le soleil] ne tourne point autour d’une montagne ; mais il se lève dans les îles du Japon, qu’on appelle pour cette raison Jepon ou Gue-puen, naissance du soleil ; et il se couche bien loin à l’occident, derrière les îles d’Angleterre.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ajpon
  • jaopn
  • japno
  • japonn
  • jappon
  • jjapon
  • jpaon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ajpon2jaopn2japno2japonn1jappon1jjapon1jpaon2
Edit distance from "Japon"

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 "Japon"?
"Japon" is spelled J-A-P-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒa.pɔ̃\.
What does "Japon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Japon" means: Pays insulaire de l’Asie de l’Est, situé entre l’océan Pacifique et la mer du Japon, à l’est de la Chine et de la Corée, au sud-sud-est de la Russie, et au nord-est de Taïwan, et qui a Tokyo pour c...
What words are commonly confused with "Japon"?
"Japon" is commonly confused with "jon", "Jason", "jeton". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Japon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Japon" is \ʒa.pɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Japon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list