blasón

/[blaˈsõn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,369

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

blasón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Arte de explicar y describir los escudos de armas de cada linaje, ciudad o persona. Pronounced [blaˈsõn]. Often confused with bolsón and Blas.

Key facts for blasón
PropertyValue
Headwordblasón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[blaˈsõn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,369
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for blasón is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [blaˈsõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,369 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 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for blasón, with forms such as "balsón", "bblasón", and "blasnó". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "bolsón", "Blas", "baso", 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 blasón, spelled B-L-A-S-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arte de explicar y describir los escudos de armas de cada linaje, ciudad o persona.
  2. 2
    Cada figura, señal o pieza de las que se ponen en un escudo.
  3. 3
    Descripción formal de los distintivos que identifican a una persona, familia o institución, derivados de los que antiguamente llevaban los caballeros en sus armas y atavíos.
  4. 4
    Por extensión, conjunto de convenciones que rigen esta descripción.
  5. 5
    Escudo de armas; diseño descrito por un blasón₃.
  6. 6
    Honor y gloria; reconocimiento generalizado a las virtudes o la obra de una persona.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: balsón,bblasón,blasnó,blassón,blasónn,blaósn,bllasón,blsaón,lbasón,vlasón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for blasón

Misspelling Variants of "blasón"

balsón6bblasón7blasnó6blassón7blasónn7blaósn6bllasón7blsaón6
Misspelling Variants of "blasón"

Frequency rank: #46,369 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blasón"?
"blasón" is spelled B-L-A-S-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [blaˈsõn].
What does "blasón" mean?
As a noun, "blasón" means: Arte de explicar y describir los escudos de armas de cada linaje, ciudad o persona.
What words are commonly confused with "blasón"?
"blasón" is commonly confused with "bolsón", "Blas", "baso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "blasón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blasón" is [blaˈsõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "blasón" come from?
"blasón" 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.