paon
\pɑ̃\
The verdict
“paon” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #28,277 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,277
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grand oiseau domesticable, de l’ordre des gallinacés, dont le cri est strident, qui a un beau plumage mordoré, une petite aigrette sur la tête et dont la queue se compose de longues plumes couverte...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #28,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paon” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for paon is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,277 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for paon, with forms such as "apon", "pano", and "paonn". 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, "Po", "PN", "pas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 paon, spelled P-A-O-N.
Definition
- 1Grand oiseau domesticable, de l’ordre des gallinacés, dont le cri est strident, qui a un beau plumage mordoré, une petite aigrette sur la tête et dont la queue se compose de longues plumes couvertes d’ocelles, marques de différentes couleurs en forme d’yeux.
- 2Grand oiseau domesticable, de l’ordre des gallinacés, dont le cri est strident, qui a un beau plumage mordoré, une petite aigrette sur la tête et dont la queue se compose de longues plumes couvertes d’ocelles, marques de différentes couleurs en forme d’yeux.
- 3Papillons qui ont sur leurs ailes des ocelles chatoyantes (tâches en forme d’yeux), qui évoquent celles des plumes de la queue du paon.
- 4Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est généralement représenté avec une huppe et de profil, la queue abaissée. Il peut également être de front faisant la roue, il faut alors le préciser dans le blasonnement en le qualifiant de rouant.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apon,pano,paonn,poan,ppaon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paon - 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 “paon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-A-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Po” - see the side-by-side comparison. paon vs Po
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.