polygone

/\pɔ.li.ɡɔn\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,653

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

polygone is aFrenchnoun. It means: Forme géométrique plane fermée à plusieurs segments. Pronounced \pɔ.li.ɡɔn\. Often confused with Pologne.

Key facts for polygone
PropertyValue
Headwordpolygone
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɔ.li.ɡɔn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,653
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of polygone in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for polygone is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɔ.li.ɡɔn\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,653 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for polygone, with forms such as "oplygone", "ploygone", and "polgyone". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Pologne", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is polygone, spelled P-O-L-Y-G-O-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forme géométrique plane fermée à plusieurs segments.
  2. 2
    Figure qui détermine la forme générale du tracé d’une place de guerre.
  3. 3
    Endroit dans les écoles d’artillerie où l’on exerce les artilleurs aux manœuvres du canon et des autres armes à feu de grande portée.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oplygone,ploygone,polgyone,pollygone,polyggone,polygnoe,polygoen,polygonne,polyogne,polyygone,poylgone,ppolygone

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for polygone

Misspelling Variants of "polygone"

oplygone8ploygone8polgyone8pollygone9polyggone9polygnoe8polygoen8polygonne9
Misspelling Variants of "polygone"

Frequency rank: #31,653 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "polygone"?
"polygone" is spelled P-O-L-Y-G-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pɔ.li.ɡɔn\.
What does "polygone" mean?
As a noun, "polygone" means: Forme géométrique plane fermée à plusieurs segments.
What words are commonly confused with "polygone"?
"polygone" is commonly confused with "Pologne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "polygone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "polygone" is \pɔ.li.ɡɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "polygone" come from?
"polygone" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.