Which to use
“gon” and “gonds” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,319
- “gon” frequency rank
- #38,825
- “gonds” frequency rank
- 77144
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gon | gonds |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Grade, unité de mesure d’angle plan. | Pluriel de gond. |
Same sound, different letters: gon vs gonds
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. gon runs 3 letters (CVC) against gonds's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: gon vs gonds
This is the hard kind. gon and gonds are pronounced identically (\ɡɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “gon” sits inside “gonds”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gon is recorded at frequency rank #38,319, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔ̃\. gonds is at rank #38,825, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 77144, this pair ranks #29,202 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gon vs gonds
Shared letters: gno. Private to "gon": -. Private to "gonds": ds.
"gon" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "gonds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gonds ← ggonds · gnods · godns · gondds · gondss · gonnds · gonsd · ognds
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gon" for "gonds" ever safe?
Which is more common, "gon" or "gonds"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "gon" / "gonds". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "gon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gonds" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,202 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gon" and "gonds" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gon vs gx". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #29,202 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.