Lyons

\ljɔ̃s\

/\ljɔ̃s\/ name

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The verdict

“Lyons” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,030. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,030
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom court, souvent utilisé, de Lyons-la-Forêt, commune française du département de l’Eure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lyons · Lyons · French

Lyons · rank #44,030 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,030
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH luisant

Nearest frequency peer: luisant (-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 « Lyons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Lyons » 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).

Lyons vs lys
40% similar
Lyons vs Los
60% similar
Lyons vs lors
40% similar

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

Key facts for Lyons
PropertyValue
HeadwordLyons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ljɔ̃s\
Letters5
Frequency rank#44,030
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lyons »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « luisant » (#44,029), « Léandre » (#44,031), « Ludivine » (#44,028). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lyons » est au #44,030. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Lyons (IPA \ljɔ̃s\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #44,030 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom court, souvent utilisé, de Lyons-la-Forêt, commune française du département de l’Eure.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lyons, with forms such as "llyons", "loyns", and "lynos". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lys", "Los", "lors", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Lyons, spelled L-Y-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom court, souvent utilisé, de Lyons-la-Forêt, commune française du département de l’Eure.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • llyons
  • loyns
  • lynos
  • lyonns
  • lyonss
  • lyosn
  • lyyons
  • ylons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lyons - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

llyons1loyns2lynos2lyonns1lyonss1lyosn2lyyons1ylons2
Edit distance from "Lyons"

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 "Lyons"?
"Lyons" is spelled L-Y-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ljɔ̃s\.
What does "Lyons" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lyons" means: Nom court, souvent utilisé, de Lyons-la-Forêt, commune française du département de l’Eure.
What words are commonly confused with "Lyons"?
"Lyons" is commonly confused with "lys", "Los", "lors". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lyons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lyons" is \ljɔ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lyons" come from?
"Lyons" 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 "Lyons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

leaks#44,019Keane#44,011Idris#43,980Patel#44,084

Similar misspelling depth

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

louées8 variantsmariez8 variantsKippour8 variantsmiteux8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list