Gabon

noun

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The verdict

“Gabon” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,490 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,490
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gabão

Corpus desk

Index PT-gabon · Gabon · Portuguese

Gabon · rank #86,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,490
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH furúnculo

Nearest frequency peer: furúnculo (-4 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “Gabon”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Gabon” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gabon
PropertyValue
HeadwordGabon
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#86,490
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “Gabon” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.Gaboncai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “furúnculo” (#86,486), “fulgurante” (#86,485), “gemada” (#86,495). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “Gabon” fica em #86,490. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gabon is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,490 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gabão".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Gabon, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is Gabon, spelled G-A-B-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gabão

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Stolicą Gabonu jest Libreville.
  2. Ogowe jest najdłuższą rzeką Gabonu.

Synonyms

Republika Gabońska

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gabon"?
"Gabon" is spelled G-A-B-O-N.
What does "Gabon" mean?
As a noun, "Gabon" means: Gabão
What language does "Gabon" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gabon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

feast#86,455llama#86,624newly#86,699colmo#86,273

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list