barbón

[baɾˈβ̞õn]

/[baɾˈβ̞õn]/ noun

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The verdict

“barbón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,733 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,733
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Tragopogon porrifolius L.) Planta bienal de la familia de las Compuestas, nativa de la Europa mediterránea. Tiene flores color púrpura muy vistosas. Sus raíces tienen una forma cónica y son de col...

Corpus desk

Index ES-barbon · barbón · Spanish

barbón · rank #80,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,733
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH barrigas

Nearest frequency peer: barrigas (+1 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 “barbón”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “barbón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for barbón
PropertyValue
Headwordbarbón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baɾˈβ̞õn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#80,733
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “barbón” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).barbóncae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “barrigas” (#80,734), “balanceaba” (#80,731), “bajaremos” (#80,730). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “barbón” va en #80,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

barbón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,733 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [baɾˈβ̞õn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for barbón in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is barbón, spelled B-A-R-B-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Tragopogon porrifolius L.) Planta bienal de la familia de las Compuestas, nativa de la Europa mediterránea. Tiene flores color púrpura muy vistosas. Sus raíces tienen una forma cónica y son de color amarillo blancuzco, miden unos 15 cm de largo y dos o tres de grueso. Como hortaliza sus hojas se consumen crudas en ensaladas, fritas y guisadas de diversas formas, las raíces se consumen cocidas. En medicina natural la decocción sirve contra la gota y el reumatismo.
  2. 2
    Hombre barbado.
  3. 3
    Entre los cartujos, religioso lego, porque se deja crecer la barba.
  4. 4
    Macho cabrío.

Synonyms

salsifí blancobarba de cabrasalsifíostra vegetalplanta de ostras

This word in other languages

salsify(English)Haferwurzel(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "barbón"?
"barbón" is spelled B-A-R-B-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [baɾˈβ̞õn].
What does "barbón" mean?
As a noun, "barbón" means: (Tragopogon porrifolius L.) Planta bienal de la familia de las Compuestas, nativa de la Europa mediterránea. Tiene flores color púrpura muy vistosas. Sus raíces tienen una forma cónica y son de col...
How do you pronounce "barbón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barbón" is [baɾˈβ̞õn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "barbón", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list