reggaeton
/rɛɡeɪˈtɒn/
"reggaeton" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reggaeton” is uncommon English (frequency #61,062 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,062
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A style of Latin American popular music, originally developing from reggae in Panama but now more of a type of hip hop-dance music mainly associated with Puerto Rico.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reggaeton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /rɛɡeɪˈtɒn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reggaeton” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
reggaeton is uncommon English at frequency #61,062 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /rɛɡeɪˈtɒn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A style of Latin American popular music, originally developing from reggae in Panama but now more of a type of hip hop-dance music mainly associated with Puerto Rico.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for reggaeton, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish reggaeton. The correct English form is reggaeton, spelled R-E-G-G-A-E-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A style of Latin American popular music, originally developing from reggae in Panama but now more of a type of hip hop-dance music mainly associated with Puerto Rico.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish reggaeton.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “reggaeton”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-G-G-A-E-T-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.