pylône

\pi.lon\

/\pi.lon\/ noun

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The verdict

“pylône” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,381. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,381
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Double massif de pierre, en forme de pyramide tronquée, qui, dans les temples de l’ancienne Égypte, encadrait la principale porte d’entrée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pylone · pylône · French

pylône · rank #46,381 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,381
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH pyjamas

Nearest frequency peer: pyjamas (-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 « pylône »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « pylône » 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).

pylône vs pylônes
86% similar
pylône vs plon
50% similar
pylône vs prône
67% similar

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

Key facts for pylône
PropertyValue
Headwordpylône
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi.lon\
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,381
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pylône »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.pylônese 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 « pyjamas » (#46,380), « pâtissiers » (#46,382), « putois » (#46,379). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pylône » est au #46,381. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around pylône (IPA \pi.lon\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,381 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for pylône, with forms such as "plyône", "ppylône", and "pyllône". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "pylônes", "plon", "prône", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 pylône, spelled P-Y-L-Ô-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Double massif de pierre, en forme de pyramide tronquée, qui, dans les temples de l’ancienne Égypte, encadrait la principale porte d’entrée.
  2. 2
    Motif décoratif en forme de piliers quadrangulaires, qui décorent l’entrée d’un monument, d’un pont, d’une avenue.
  3. 3
    Pylône électrique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les pylônes du pont Alexandre III.
  2. Nous passons à toutes voiles devant l’île de Philoe, dont les colonnades et les pylônes sont illuminés par le soleil couchant.

This word in other languages

pylon(English)pilón(Español)Strommast(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • plyône
  • ppylône
  • pyllône
  • pylnôe
  • pylone
  • pylôen
  • pylônne
  • pyylône
  • pyôlne
  • yplône

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

plyône2ppylône1pyllône1pylnôe2pylone1pylôen2pylônne1pyylône1
Edit distance from "pylône"

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 "pylône"?
"pylône" is spelled P-Y-L-Ô-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.lon\.
What does "pylône" mean?
As a noun, "pylône" means: Double massif de pierre, en forme de pyramide tronquée, qui, dans les temples de l’ancienne Égypte, encadrait la principale porte d’entrée.
What words are commonly confused with "pylône"?
"pylône" is commonly confused with "pylônes", "plon", "prône". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pylône"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pylône" is \pi.lon\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pylône" come from?
"pylône" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

putois#46,379prépas#46,376ramena#46,395rayure#46,397

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

priseur10 variantsramassée10 variantspreview10 variantsrassasié10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list