burlón
[buɾˈlõn]
The verdict
“burlón” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #44,016. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,016
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que hace burlas, chanzas o puyas con frecuencia; que suele reírse o burlarse de otros.
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 | burlón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [buɾˈlõn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “burlón” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around burlón (IPA [buɾˈlõn]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #44,016 among 24,339 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for burlón, with forms such as "bburlón", "brulón", and "bulrón". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "buró", "burn", "burro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is burlón, spelled B-U-R-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Que hace burlas, chanzas o puyas con frecuencia; que suele reírse o burlarse de otros.
- 2Que incluye o sugiere burla (expresión o acto que hace parecer ridículo o risible a alguien o algo).
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bburlón
- brulón
- bulrón
- burllón
- burlnó
- burlónn
- burrlón
- buróln
- ubrlón
- vurlón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of burlón - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “burlón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-U-R-L-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [buɾˈlõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “buró” - see the side-by-side comparison. burlón vs buró
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.