bidón
[biˈð̞õn]
The verdict
“bidón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,108 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,108
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recipiente, usualmente de plástico o metal, destinado a guardar o transportar líquidos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bidon · bidón · Spanish
bidón · rank #52,108 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,108
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH besaron
Nearest frequency peer: besaron (-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 “bidón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- bentos
bentos
47,895 corpus weight
- besaron
besaron
47,894 corpus weight
- bidón
bidón
47,893 corpus weight
- bimestre
bimestre
47,892 corpus weight
- blasfemo
blasfemo
47,891 corpus weight
- boquerón
boquerón
47,890 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “bidón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bidón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [biˈð̞õn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,108 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “bidón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
bidón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,108 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [biˈð̞õn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Recipiente, usualmente de plástico o metal, destinado a guardar o transportar líquidos.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bidón, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is bidón, spelled B-I-D-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Recipiente, usualmente de plástico o metal, destinado a guardar o transportar líquidos.
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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