balcón

/[balˈkõn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,917

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

balcón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Hueco abierto en la pared de un edifico desde el suelo de la habitación, que se prolonga al exterior y está protegido con una barandilla, balaustrada, antepecho o muro bajo. Pronounced [balˈkõn]. It ranks #8,917 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with banco and barco.

Key facts for balcón
PropertyValue
Headwordbalcón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[balˈkõn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,917
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for balcón is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [balˈkõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,917 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for balcón, with forms such as "ablcón", "baclón", and "balccón". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "banco", "barco", "balón", 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 balcón, spelled B-A-L-C-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hueco abierto en la pared de un edifico desde el suelo de la habitación, que se prolonga al exterior y está protegido con una barandilla, balaustrada, antepecho o muro bajo.
  2. 2
    Aquello que cierra esta plataforma por su perímetro exterior₁.
  3. 3
    Terreno elevado desde el que se puede mirar el paisaje.
  4. 4
    Palcos o graderías ubicados en el segundo piso de un teatro.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ablcón,baclón,balccón,balcnó,balcónn,ballcón,balócn,bbalcón,blacón,valcón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for balcón

Misspelling Variants of "balcón"

ablcón6baclón6balccón7balcnó6balcónn7ballcón7balócn6bbalcón7
Misspelling Variants of "balcón"

Frequency rank: #8,917 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "balcón"?
"balcón" is spelled B-A-L-C-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [balˈkõn].
What does "balcón" mean?
As a noun, "balcón" means: Hueco abierto en la pared de un edifico desde el suelo de la habitación, que se prolonga al exterior y está protegido con una barandilla, balaustrada, antepecho o muro bajo.
What words are commonly confused with "balcón"?
"balcón" is commonly confused with "banco", "barco", "balón". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "balcón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balcón" is [balˈkõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balcón" come from?
"balcón" 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.