alerón
[aleˈɾõn]
The verdict
“alerón” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #60,509 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #60,509
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Superficie de mando y control que se encuentran en los extremos de las alas de los aviones y su misión es llevar a cabo los virajes del avión a ambos lados a través de un movimiento de alabeo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alerón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aleˈɾõn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,509 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “alerón” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for alerón is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aleˈɾõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,509 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
alerón doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 alerón, spelled A-L-E-R-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Superficie de mando y control que se encuentran en los extremos de las alas de los aviones y su misión es llevar a cabo los virajes del avión a ambos lados a través de un movimiento de alabeo.
- 2Se denomina alerón a las plataformas adyacentes al puente de mando que se construyen a ambas bandas.
- 3En autos de competición, un alerón se dispone invertido respecto de los aviones de tal manera que en vez de empujar el vehículo hacia arriba lo hace hacia abajo.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “alerón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-E-R-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aleˈɾõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.