quillon
\ki.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“quillon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chacune des deux branches de la garde d’une épée, d’un poignard, d’un couteau…
Corpus desk
Index FR-quillon · quillon · French
quillon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ki.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
quillon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ki.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for quillon in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is quillon, spelled Q-U-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Chacune des deux branches de la garde d’une épée, d’un poignard, d’un couteau…
- 2Partie de l’embouchoir, dans le fusil Lebel, qui servait à former les faisceaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il lui crache au visage et, sans répondre un mot, il tire son épée à double quillon [ξίφους / ἕλκει διπλοῦς κνώδοντας].
Les cicatrices sur la peau indiquent la présence d’un quillon, la branche entre la garde et la lame...
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.