tigon
\ti.ɡɔ̃\
The verdict
“tigon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal hybride issu du croisement d’un tigre et d’une lionne (qui ne se fait qu’en captivité).
Corpus desk
Index FR-tigon · tigon · French
tigon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tigon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ti.ɡɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tigon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tigon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ti.ɡɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Animal hybride issu du croisement d’un tigre et d’une lionne (qui ne se fait qu’en captivité).".
Zero misspellings are on record for tigon in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tigon, spelled T-I-G-O-N.
Definition
- 1Animal hybride issu du croisement d’un tigre et d’une lionne (qui ne se fait qu’en captivité).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tigon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'hybride Tigre-Lion, que les Anglais ont baptisé du nom de Tigon, mot composé du début du mot tigre et de la fin du mot lion, ne s'obtient qu'en ménagerie (dans la nature, son obtention est impossible, ne serait-ce que parce que le Lion vit en Afrique et le Tigre en Asie).
This word in other languages
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.