sillons

\si.jɔ̃\

/\si.jɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“sillons” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,600
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de sillon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sillons · sillons · French

sillons · rank #32,600 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,600
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH signera

Nearest frequency peer: signera (-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 « sillons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sillons » 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).

sillons vs silos
71% similar
sillons vs Simons
57% similar
sillons vs salons
71% similar

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

Key facts for sillons
PropertyValue
Headwordsillons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\si.jɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,600
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sillons »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sillonsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « signera » (#32,599), « signait » (#32,598), « soupape » (#32,602). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sillons » est au #32,600. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around sillons (IPA \si.jɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,600 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de sillon.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sillons, with forms such as "isllons", "sillnos", and "sillonns". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "silos", "Simons", "salons", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sillons, spelled S-I-L-L-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de sillon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le vrai caractère reparut. La paresse et la nonchalance, la mollesse du Sarmate revinrent occuper dans son âme les sillons complaisants d’où la verge du maître d’école les avait chassées.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • isllons
  • sillnos
  • sillonns
  • sillonss
  • sillosn
  • silolns
  • silons
  • slilons
  • ssillons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

isllons2sillnos2sillonns1sillonss1sillosn2silolns2silons1slilons2
Edit distance from "sillons"

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 "sillons"?
"sillons" is spelled S-I-L-L-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \si.jɔ̃\.
What does "sillons" mean?
As a noun, "sillons" means: Pluriel de sillon.
What words are commonly confused with "sillons"?
"sillons" is commonly confused with "silos", "Simons", "salons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sillons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sillons" is \si.jɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sillons" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

signera#32,599signait#32,598soupape#32,602souriez#32,603

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

serrent9 variantssecouée9 variantsscellée9 variantsTigers9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list