violon

\vjɔ.lɔ̃\

/\vjɔ.lɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“violon” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,766. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,766
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Luth à manche court dont la touche lisse est dépourvue de frettes, muni de quatre cordes que l’on frotte avec un archet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-violon · violon · French

violon · rank #9,766 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,766
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH verront

Nearest frequency peer: verront (-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 « violon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « violon » 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).

violon vs viols
67% similar
violon vs vison
67% similar
violon vs vision
67% similar

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

Key facts for violon
PropertyValue
Headwordviolon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vjɔ.lɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,766
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « violon »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).violonse 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 « verront » (#9,765), « visent » (#9,767), « verdict » (#9,764). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « violon » est au #9,766. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around violon (IPA \vjɔ.lɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,766 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for violon, with forms such as "ivolon", "viloon", and "viollon". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "viols", "vison", "vision", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is violon, spelled V-I-O-L-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Luth à manche court dont la touche lisse est dépourvue de frettes, muni de quatre cordes que l’on frotte avec un archet.
  2. 2
    Celui, celle qui joue du violon.
  3. 3
    Sorte de prison contiguë à un corps de garde ; dépôt pour les gardes à vue.
  4. 4
    Sorte de touret à main que l’on fait mouvoir à l’aide d’un archet.
  5. 5
    Cordelettes et planchettes que l’on dispose par mauvais temps le long des tables des navires pour retenir les assiettes, les verres, etc.
  6. 6
    Nom vernaculaire de Larix laricina, le mélèze laricin.
  7. 7
    Meuble représentant l’instrument de musique du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est généralement représenté en pal, manche vers le chef. À rapprocher de claricorde, guitare, harpe, luth, lyre et vièle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous entrons à Mirecourt tout étonné de n’y entendre point crincrinner les violons ; car on ne fait que des violons, à Mirecourt, des violons, encore des violons, […].
  2. Enfin, elle articula timidement, d’une voix aiguë et mal assurée comme un violon qui crincrine : — Vous n’auriez pas une goutte de lait ? — (Jacques Yonnet, Enchantements sur Paris, 1966, page 77)

This word in other languages

violin(English)violín(Español)Geige(Deutsch)violino(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivolon
  • viloon
  • viollon
  • violno
  • violonn
  • viooln
  • voilon
  • vviolon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ivolon2viloon2viollon1violno2violonn1viooln2voilon2vviolon1
Edit distance from "violon"

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 "violon"?
"violon" is spelled V-I-O-L-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \vjɔ.lɔ̃\.
What does "violon" mean?
As a noun, "violon" means: Luth à manche court dont la touche lisse est dépourvue de frettes, muni de quatre cordes que l’on frotte avec un archet.
What words are commonly confused with "violon"?
"violon" is commonly confused with "viols", "vison", "vision". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "violon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "violon" is \vjɔ.lɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "violon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

visent#9,767vastes#9,763abords#9,774tuyaux#9,758

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Vanessa8 variantsduché8 variantsNîmes8 variantsfixés8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list