talon

\ta.lɔ̃\

/\ta.lɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“talon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,252. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,252
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie postérieure du pied.

Corpus desk

Index FR-talon · talon · French

talon · rank #10,252 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,252
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH talentueux

Nearest frequency peer: talentueux (-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 « talon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « talon » 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).

talon vs ton
60% similar
talon vs tan
60% similar
talon vs Tarn
40% similar

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

Key facts for talon
PropertyValue
Headwordtalon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.lɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,252
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « talon »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).talonse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « talentueux » (#10,251), « tige » (#10,253), « sévères » (#10,250). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « talon » est au #10,252. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around talon (IPA \ta.lɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,252 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 16 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for talon, with forms such as "atlon", "tallon", and "talno". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ton", "tan", "Tarn", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is talon, spelled T-A-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie postérieure du pied.
  2. 2
    Se dit également en parlant de certains animaux.
  3. 3
    Éperon.
  4. 4
    Partie d’une chaussure sur laquelle pose le derrière du pied.
  5. 5
    Chaussure équipée d’un talon haut.
  6. 6
    Fer dont est garnie la partie inférieure d’une hallebarde, d’une pique, d’un esponton, etc.
  7. 7
    Partie inférieure ou postérieure de certaines autres choses.
  8. 8
    Domination écrasante, oppression.
  9. 9
    Sorte de moulure qui est composée d’une partie concave surmontée d’une partie convexe.
  10. 10
    Ce qui reste de cartes, après qu’on a distribué à chacun des joueurs le nombre qui lui en revient.
  11. 11
    Partie d’un carnet à souche souvent marquée d’un chiffre ou d’une vignette, dont on détache le feuillet mobile ou volant.
  12. 12
    Extrémité de la queue côté manche.
  13. 13
    Extrémité arrière de la quille, au bas de l’étambot.
  14. 14
    Prolongement d’une échelle graphique en deçà de son origine, gradué en sens inverse selon une subdivision de l’unité choisie.
  15. 15
    Dernière tranche d’un aliment qu’on a découpé.
  16. 16
    Partie incompressible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a le talon écorché.
  2. S’asseoir sur ses talons.

Antonyms

entame

This word in other languages

heel(English)talón(Español)Ferse(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atlon
  • tallon
  • talno
  • talonn
  • taoln
  • tlaon
  • ttalon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of talon - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

atlon2tallon1talno2talonn1taoln2tlaon2ttalon1
Edit distance from "talon"

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 "talon"?
"talon" is spelled T-A-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.lɔ̃\.
What does "talon" mean?
As a noun, "talon" means: Partie postérieure du pied.
What words are commonly confused with "talon"?
"talon" is commonly confused with "ton", "tan", "Tarn". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "talon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "talon" is \ta.lɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "talon" come from?
"talon" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

songe#10,241Carla#10,287quais#10,217cieux#10,291

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

allées7 variantsblaise7 variantsrelier7 variantsPablo7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list