alción
[alˈsjõn]
The verdict
“alción” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (suborden Alcedines) Cualquiera de casi un centenar de especies de ave coraciformes, de distribución cosmopolita, cabeza grande, pico recto y fuerte, patas cortas, y característica forma de cazar, ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-alcion · alción · Spanish
alción · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alción |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alción” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alción is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [alˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(suborden Alcedines) Cualquiera de casi un centenar de especies de ave coraciformes, de distribución cosmopolita, cabeza grande, pico recto y fuerte, patas cortas, y característica forma de cazar, ...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for alción, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Spanish form is alción, spelled A-L-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1(suborden Alcedines) Cualquiera de casi un centenar de especies de ave coraciformes, de distribución cosmopolita, cabeza grande, pico recto y fuerte, patas cortas, y característica forma de cazar, zambulléndose en busca de pescado desde una rama próxima.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.