cajon
/kəˈhoʊn/noun
cajon is spelled C-A-J-O-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cajon means “A large valley surrounded by mountains of considerable height (especially in Latin America), through which a river runs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cajon is cajóns or cajones.
How many letters and syllables are in cajon?
| Letters | 5: C-A-J-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 56,108th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cajon?
Cajon appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,108th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cajon?
- US /kəˈhoʊn/
Cajon has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Justinrleung-cajón.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cajón.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cajon?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cajon from its last stressed vowel (/oʊn/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cajon
- cajóns plural
- cajones plural
- cajons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cajon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large valley surrounded by mountains of considerable height (especially in Latin America), through which a river runs.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cajon.
- 2
Alternative form of cajón.
noun
- 1
A box-shaped percussion instrument played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes various implements.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cajon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense box-shaped percussion instrument:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cajon come from?
Borrowed from Spanish cajón.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).