timon

\ti.mɔ̃\

/\ti.mɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“timon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,915. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,915
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Longue pièce de bois fixée en avant d’une voiture, d’une charrue et aux deux côtés de laquelle on attelle les chevaux, les bœufs, ou un véhicule tracteur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-timon · timon · French

timon · rank #45,915 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,915
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tigresse

Nearest frequency peer: tigresse (-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 « timon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « timon » 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).

timon vs ton
60% similar
timon vs tin
60% similar
timon vs TITO
0% similar

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

Key facts for timon
PropertyValue
Headwordtimon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ti.mɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#45,915
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « timon »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).timonse 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 « tigresse » (#45,914), « tiramisu » (#45,916), « tice » (#45,913). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « timon » est au #45,915. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around timon (IPA \ti.mɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,915 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for timon, with forms such as "itmon", "timmon", and "timno". 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", "tin", "TITO", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is timon, spelled T-I-M-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Longue pièce de bois fixée en avant d’une voiture, d’une charrue et aux deux côtés de laquelle on attelle les chevaux, les bœufs, ou un véhicule tracteur.
  2. 2
    Longue pièce de bois attachée au gouvernail d’un navire et qui sert à le diriger.
  3. 3
    Gouvernail, direction.
  4. 4
    Pénis, verge en érection.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À ce train était fixé un timon de trente-cinq pieds, le long duquel six bœufs accouplés devaient prendre place.
  2. Six bœufs […] étaient attelés au timon de chaque chariot avec des harnais de peaux de buffle.

This word in other languages

drawbar(English)timón(Español)Deichsel(Deutsch)leme(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itmon
  • timmon
  • timno
  • timonn
  • tiomn
  • tmion
  • ttimon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of timon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

itmon2timmon1timno2timonn1tiomn2tmion2ttimon1
Edit distance from "timon"

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 "timon"?
"timon" is spelled T-I-M-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ti.mɔ̃\.
What does "timon" mean?
As a noun, "timon" means: Longue pièce de bois fixée en avant d’une voiture, d’une charrue et aux deux côtés de laquelle on attelle les chevaux, les bœufs, ou un véhicule tracteur.
What words are commonly confused with "timon"?
"timon" is commonly confused with "ton", "tin", "TITO". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "timon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "timon" is \ti.mɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "timon" come from?
"timon" 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 "timon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Tokio#45,918tatie#45,906veufs#45,941Stahl#45,886

Similar misspelling depth

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

voûté7 variantsWavre7 variantssalit7 variantsaguerri7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list