reggaeton
/rɛɡeɪˈtɒn/
"reggaeton" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reggaeton” is uncommon English (frequency #61,062 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,062
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reggaeton · reggaeton · English
reggaeton · rank #61,062 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,062
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH refracted
Nearest frequency peer: refracted (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “reggaeton”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rationalisa…
rationalisation
38,945 corpus weight
- refracted
refracted
38,940 corpus weight
- reggaeton
reggaeton
38,939 corpus weight
- relatedness
relatedness
38,936 corpus weight
- relocations
relocations
38,935 corpus weight
- repurposing
repurposing
38,934 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “reggaeton” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “reggaeton” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reggaeton is uncommon English at frequency #61,062 among 3,094 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how reggaeton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Spanish islands gave the world salsa, and the more modern (and often controversial) hip-hop style reggaeton, which was forged between the islands and Miami.
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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