arpón
[aɾˈpõn]
The verdict
“arpón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,872 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,872
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumento utilizado principalmente para la caza marina consiste en una varilla con punta de hierro, la que es impulsada para penetrar en el blanco. Es empleado para capturar ballenas y peces gran...
Corpus desk
Index ES-arpon · arpón · Spanish
arpón · rank #65,872 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,872
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Arizpe
Nearest frequency peer: Arizpe (-2 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “arpón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aprobaban
aprobaban
34,134 corpus weight
- arcediano
arcediano
34,133 corpus weight
- Arizpe
Arizpe
34,131 corpus weight
- arpón
arpón
34,129 corpus weight
- arribando
arribando
34,125 corpus weight
- Arteta
Arteta
34,123 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “arpón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arpón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aɾˈpõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,872 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “arpón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
arpón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,872 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾˈpõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for arpón, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is arpón, spelled A-R-P-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Instrumento utilizado principalmente para la caza marina consiste en una varilla con punta de hierro, la que es impulsada para penetrar en el blanco. Es empleado para capturar ballenas y peces grandes y en la caza submarina.
- 2Grapa (pieza de metal para sujetar).
- 3Veleta (flecha que muestra la dirección del viento).
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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