xénon
\ɡze.nɔ̃\
The verdict
“xénon” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,870. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,870
- frequency rank, French
- 2,825
- “X” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 54 et de symbole Xe qui fait partie des gaz nobles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | xénon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡze.nɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #48,870 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “xénon” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around xénon (IPA \ɡze.nɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,870 among 2,825 “X” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for xénon, with forms such as "xenon", "xnéon", and "xxénon". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is xénon, spelled X-É-N-O-N.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique de numéro atomique 54 et de symbole Xe qui fait partie des gaz nobles.
- 2Gaz monoatomique de cet élément (Xe) incolore, inodore et peu réactif.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: xenon,xnéon,xxénon,xénno,xénnon,xénonn,xéonn,éxnon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of xénon - 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.
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.
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Using “xénon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is X-É-N-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.