wagon

\va.ɡɔ̃\

/\va.ɡɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“wagon” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,689. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,689
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Véhicule sur rails employé par les chemins de fer pour transporter des marchandises ou des voyageurs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-wagon · wagon · French

wagon · rank #11,689 · 7 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,689
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH vœu

Nearest frequency peer: vœu (-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 « wagon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « wagon » 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).

wagon vs wan
60% similar
wagon vs won
60% similar
wagon vs wahou
60% similar

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

Key facts for wagon
PropertyValue
Headwordwagon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\va.ɡɔ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,689
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « wagon »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).wagonse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vœu » (#11,688), « wagons » (#11,690), « écarté » (#11,691). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « wagon » est au #11,689. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around wagon (IPA \va.ɡɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,689 among 549 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for wagon, with forms such as "awgon", "waggon", and "wagno". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "wan", "won", "wahou", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is wagon, spelled W-A-G-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Véhicule sur rails employé par les chemins de fer pour transporter des marchandises ou des voyageurs.
  2. 2
    Vieille femme usée par la débauche.
  3. 3
    Dans une course hippique, groupe de chevaux qui se suivent en file indienne.
  4. 4
    Chariot hippomobile.
  5. 5
    Bloc creux de ciment ou de terre cuite que l'on empile les uns sur les autres pour former, dans l'épaisseur d'un mur, un conduit de cheminée, contrairement au boisseau qui lui est appuyé contre le mur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La minière de Rauboudin, près Sommerance, est très-bien installée ; les terres chargées dans des wagons qui roulent sur un petit chemin de fer, servent à remblayer l’excavation au fur et à mesure de l'avancement.
  2. Quand elle fut installée dans le wagon réservé aux dames seules, elle éprouva un véritable soulagement.

This word in other languages

car(English)coche(Español)Bahnwagen(Deutsch)carruagem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • awgon
  • waggon
  • wagno
  • wagonn
  • waogn
  • wgaon
  • wwagon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wagon - 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.

awgon2waggon1wagno2wagonn1waogn2wgaon2wwagon1
Edit distance from "wagon"

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 "wagon"?
"wagon" is spelled W-A-G-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \va.ɡɔ̃\.
What does "wagon" mean?
As a noun, "wagon" means: Véhicule sur rails employé par les chemins de fer pour transporter des marchandises ou des voyageurs.
What words are commonly confused with "wagon"?
"wagon" is commonly confused with "wan", "won", "wahou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "wagon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wagon" is \va.ɡɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wagon" come from?
"wagon" 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 "wagon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

after#11,700amusé#11,705Susan#11,671Sofia#11,666

Similar misspelling depth

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

apparue7 variantsround7 variantsmenus7 variantslogis7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list