bajón

/[baˈxõn]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,020

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

bajón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Descenso repentino en los valores de algo que se puede medir de acuerdo a una escala. Pronounced [baˈxõn]. Often confused with ban and bon.

Key facts for bajón
PropertyValue
Headwordbajón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baˈxõn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,020
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of bajón in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bajón is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baˈxõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,020 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for bajón, with forms such as "abjón", "bajjón", and "bajnó". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ban", "bon", "bao", and more, 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 bajón, spelled B-A-J-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Descenso repentino en los valores de algo que se puede medir de acuerdo a una escala.
  2. 2
    Situación desalentadora o triste.
  3. 3
    Planes posteriores a una salida incluyendo, generalmente, comida.
  4. 4
    Hambre posterior al consumo de marihuana.
  5. 5
    Instrumento musical de viento-madera que consiste en un largo tubo de madera doblado y de sección cónica, en uno de cuyos extremos se inserta un tudel de cobre de forma curva en el que a su vez se encaja una caña o lengüeta doble con la que se hace sonar el instrumento.
  6. 6
    Persona que toca el bajón [5].

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abjón,bajjón,bajnó,bajónn,baójn,bbajón,bjaón,vajón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for bajón

Misspelling Variants of "bajón"

abjón5bajjón6bajnó5bajónn6baójn5bbajón6bjaón5vajón5
Misspelling Variants of "bajón"

Frequency rank: #16,020 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bajón"?
"bajón" is spelled B-A-J-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [baˈxõn].
What does "bajón" mean?
As a noun, "bajón" means: Descenso repentino en los valores de algo que se puede medir de acuerdo a una escala.
What words are commonly confused with "bajón"?
"bajón" is commonly confused with "ban", "bon", "bao". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bajón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bajón" is [baˈxõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bajón" come from?
"bajón" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.