batallón
[bat̪aˈʝõn]
The verdict
“batallón” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,760
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unidad táctica de infantería compuesta de varias compañías.
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 | batallón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bat̪aˈʝõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “batallón” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around batallón (IPA [bat̪aˈʝõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,760 among 24,339 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for batallón, with forms such as "abtallón", "baatllón", and "batallnó". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "batallones", "batalla", "batallas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is batallón, spelled B-A-T-A-L-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Unidad táctica de infantería compuesta de varias compañías.
- 2En lo antiguo: escuadrón de caballería.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abtallón
- baatllón
- batallnó
- batallónn
- batalóln
- batalón
- batlalón
- battallón
- bbatallón
- btaallón
- vatallón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of batallón - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “batallón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-T-A-L-L-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bat̪aˈʝõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “batallones” - see the side-by-side comparison. batallón vs batallones
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.