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rincon

noun

rincon is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of rincón” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-I-N-C-O-N and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of rincon is rincons or rincones.

What does rincon mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of rincón.

noun

as rincón
  1. 1

    USA meadow on the south-facing upper slopes of a mountain.

  2. 2

    USAn abandoned meander.

  3. 3

    USAn interior corner; a nook; hence, an angular recess or hollow bend in a mountain, river, cliff, etc.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce rincon?

    Rincon has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of rincon

    • rincons plural
    • rincones plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    How common is rincon?

    Rincon appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd 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).

    Where does rincon come from?

    Borrowed from Spanish rincón.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).