Yvon

name

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The verdict

“Yvon” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,315. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,315
frequency rank, French
198
“Y” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-yvon · Yvon · French

Yvon · rank #17,315 · 6 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,315
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 198
  • PHOTO-FINISH yorkais

Nearest frequency peer: yorkais (-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 « Yvon »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Yvon » 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).

Yvon vs Yvonne
67% similar
Yvon vs yo
25% similar
Yvon vs you
25% similar

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

Key facts for Yvon
PropertyValue
HeadwordYvon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#17,315
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Yvon »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Yvonse 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 « yorkais » (#17,314), « écorce » (#17,316), « équilibrer » (#17,317). Parmi 198 lemmes en « Y », « Yvon » est au #17,315. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Yvon, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #17,315 among 198 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Yvon, with forms such as "vyon", "yovn", and "yvno". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Yvonne", "yo", "you", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Yvon, spelled Y-V-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au micro de Xavier Yvon, son confrère et animateur de « La Loupe », la grand reporter relate en deux épisodes l’ascension climatique, politique et médiatique de Janco.
  2. La liste des concessions faisant l’objet d’une procédure est consultable tous les jours sur les panneaux d’affichage en mairie ou à l’entrée du cimetière, ainsi que que le site Internet dédié de la commune, explique Marine Yvon en charge du dossier.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • vyon
  • yovn
  • yvno
  • yvonn
  • yvvon
  • yyvon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Yvon - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

vyon2yovn2yvno2yvonn1yvvon1yyvon1
Edit distance from "Yvon"

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 "Yvon"?
"Yvon" is spelled Y-V-O-N.
What does "Yvon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Yvon" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Yvon"?
"Yvon" is commonly confused with "Yvonne", "yo", "you". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Yvon" come from?
"Yvon" 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 "Yvon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list