avión
[aˈβ̞jõn]
The verdict
“avión” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,757 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,757
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Delichon spp., Riparia spp., Hirundo spp.) Ave insectívora de la familia Hirundinidae de cuerpo fusiforme y alas largas, cola ahorquillada y pico corto.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈβ̞jõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avión” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for avión is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈβ̞jõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,757 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for avión, with forms such as "abión", "aivón", and "avinó". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "avon", "avis", "aviso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is avión, spelled A-V-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1(Delichon spp., Riparia spp., Hirundo spp.) Ave insectívora de la familia Hirundinidae de cuerpo fusiforme y alas largas, cola ahorquillada y pico corto.
- 2(Delichon urbica) Ave canora migratoria de unos 15 cm de largo y aspecto semejante al de una golondrina. Presenta las partes inferiores blancas, mientras que las superiores son negras con matices azulados. La cola es escotada y corta y las patas están recubiertas de plumas.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abión,aivón,avinó,aviónn,avvión,avóin,vaión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of avión - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “avión”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-V-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈβ̞jõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “avon” - see the side-by-side comparison. avión vs avon
- 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.