xylophone
\ɡzi.lɔ.fɔn\
The verdict
“xylophone” is uncommon French (frequency #67,977 among 2,825 “X” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,977
- frequency rank, French
- 2,825
- “X” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrument de musique à percussion composé de lamelles de tailles et d’épaisseurs variables qui forment un clavier sur lequel on frappe avec une mailloche.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | xylophone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡzi.lɔ.fɔn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “xylophone” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
xylophone is uncommon French at frequency #67,977 among 2,825 “X” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡzi.lɔ.fɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument de musique à percussion composé de lamelles de tailles et d’épaisseurs variables qui forment un clavier sur lequel on frappe avec une mailloche.".
No misspelling variants are generated for xylophone in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is xylophone, spelled X-Y-L-O-P-H-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Instrument de musique à percussion composé de lamelles de tailles et d’épaisseurs variables qui forment un clavier sur lequel on frappe avec une mailloche.
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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 “xylophone”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is X-Y-L-O-P-H-O-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡzi.lɔ.fɔn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.