bocón
[boˈkõn]
The verdict
“bocón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,048 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,048
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mosca del órden Diptera y de la familia Simuliidae. Las hembras se alimentan de sangre y los machos de jugos vegetales.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bocón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [boˈkõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bocón” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bocón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,048 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [boˈkõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
bocón has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 bocón, spelled B-O-C-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Mosca del órden Diptera y de la familia Simuliidae. Las hembras se alimentan de sangre y los machos de jugos vegetales.
- 2Persona con boca grande o labios gruesos.
- 3Persona habladora, indiscreta, chismosa o fanfarrona.
This word in other languages
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 “bocón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-O-C-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [boˈkõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.