napoléon
\na.pɔ.le.ɔ̃\
The verdict
“napoléon” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,166. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,166
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pièce de monnaie d'or française de vingt francs créée en 1803 par le Premier Consul Napoléon Bonaparte et restée en usage jusqu'à la Première Guerre mondiale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | napoléon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \na.pɔ.le.ɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “napoléon” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around napoléon (IPA \na.pɔ.le.ɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,166 among 86,328 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for napoléon, with forms such as "anpoléon", "naopléon", and "naploéon". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 napoléon, spelled N-A-P-O-L-É-O-N.
Definition
- 1Pièce de monnaie d'or française de vingt francs créée en 1803 par le Premier Consul Napoléon Bonaparte et restée en usage jusqu'à la Première Guerre mondiale.
- 2Variété de cerises.
- 3Nom courant du labre géant ou Cheilinus undulatus.
- 4En composition : napoléon commingeois, qui est un nom de fromage.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anpoléon
- naopléon
- naploéon
- napoleon
- napolléon
- napoloén
- napoléno
- napoléonn
- napoélon
- nappoléon
- nnapoléon
- npaoléon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of napoléon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “napoléon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-A-P-O-L-É-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \na.pɔ.le.ɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.