algodón
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#6,030
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
10
tracked variants
Confusables
2
similar word pairs
algodón is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Gossypium spp.) Un género de alrededor de 40 especies de arbustos de la familia de las malváceas, oriundos de las regiones tropicales y subtropicales tanto del Viejo como del Nuevo Mundo. En su es... Pronounced [alɣ̞oˈð̞õn]. It ranks #6,030 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with almidón and álgido.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | algodón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alɣ̞oˈð̞õn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for algodón is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alɣ̞oˈð̞õn]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,030 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for algodón, with forms such as "aglodón", "algdoón", and "alggodón". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "almidón", "álgido", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is algodón, spelled A-L-G-O-D-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1(Gossypium spp.) Un género de alrededor de 40 especies de arbustos de la familia de las malváceas, oriundos de las regiones tropicales y subtropicales tanto del Viejo como del Nuevo Mundo. En su estado silvestre, las plantas pueden crecer más de 3 metros.
- 2Pelusa larga y blanca que envuelve a las semillas de esta planta.
- 3Esta misma pelusa esterilizada para fines médicos o cosméticos.
- 4Tejido elaborado hilando estas fibras.
- 5Ropa hecha con este material.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aglodón,algdoón,alggodón,algoddón,algodnó,algodónn,algoódn,allgodón,alogdón,lagodón
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Misspelling Variants of "algodón"
Frequency rank: #6,030 in Spanish
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