talons

/\ta.lɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,906

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

talons is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de talon. Pronounced \ta.lɔ̃\. It ranks #7,906 in French word frequency. Often confused with tons and talus.

Key facts for talons
PropertyValue
Headwordtalons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.lɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,906
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for talons is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ta.lɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,906 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de talon.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for talons, with forms such as "atlons", "tallons", and "talnos". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "tons", "talus", "thons", and more, 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 talons, spelled T-A-L-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de talon.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atlons,tallons,talnos,talonns,talonss,talosn,taolns,tlaons,ttalons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for talons

Misspelling Variants of "talons"

atlons6tallons7talnos6talonns7talonss7talosn6taolns6tlaons6
Misspelling Variants of "talons"

Frequency rank: #7,906 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "talons"?
"talons" is spelled T-A-L-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.lɔ̃\.
What does "talons" mean?
As a noun, "talons" means: Pluriel de talon.
What words are commonly confused with "talons"?
"talons" is commonly confused with "tons", "talus", "thons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "talons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "talons" is \ta.lɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "talons" come from?
"talons" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.