bordón

[boɾˈð̞õn]

/[boɾˈð̞õn]/ noun

The verdict

“bordón” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #74,299 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#74,299
frequency rank, Spanish
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bastón o palo más alto que la estatura de un hombre, con una punta de hierro, y en el medio de la cabeza unos botones que lo adornan.

Key facts for bordón
PropertyValue
Headwordbordón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[boɾˈð̞õn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,299
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bordón” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). bordón lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bordón is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [boɾˈð̞õn]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,299 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for bordón in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 bordón, spelled B-O-R-D-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bastón o palo más alto que la estatura de un hombre, con una punta de hierro, y en el medio de la cabeza unos botones que lo adornan.
  2. 2
    Verso quebrado que se repite al fin de cada copla.
  3. 3
    Voz o frase que inadvertidamente y por vicioso hábito repite una persona con mucha frecuencia en la conversación.
  4. 4
    Persona que guía y sostiene a otra.
  5. 5
    En los instrumentos músicos de cuerda, cualquiera de las más gruesas que hacen el bajo.
  6. 6
    Moldura convexa, generalmente de sección semicircular que se pone para adorno de puertas, balcones, etc.
  7. 7
    LLamado también pestaña, es el reborde de las ruedas de ferrocarriles, en virtud del caul se mantienen los vagones en los rieles evitando el deslizamiento lateral del vagón transversalmente a los carriles.
  8. 8
    Denominación genérica por la que se designa una cualquiera de las piezas largas de la arboladura de los buques, tales como palos, vergas, masteleros, botalones, botavaras, picos, etc.
  9. 9
    Cada una de las piezas de madera que forma la cabria o abanico de la máquina para arbolar los buques.
  10. 10
    Cuerda de tripa que se emplea para dilatar conductos naturales, o conservar los que se han practicado artificialmente.
  11. 11
    Omisión de una o más palabras, miembro del discurso, frase, etc., que al componer comete el cajista. Débese la mayor parte de las veces a una repetición en el original de las mismas palabras a corta distancia.

Synonyms

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bordón"?
"bordón" is spelled B-O-R-D-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [boɾˈð̞õn].
What does "bordón" mean?
As a noun, "bordón" means: Bastón o palo más alto que la estatura de un hombre, con una punta de hierro, y en el medio de la cabeza unos botones que lo adornan.
How do you pronounce "bordón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bordón" is [boɾˈð̞õn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bordón" come from?
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Using “bordón”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is B-O-R-D-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [boɾˈð̞õn] (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.

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