cabrón
[kaˈβ̞ɾõn]
The verdict
“cabrón” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,471 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #5,471
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de una persona, un animal o una cosa: que causa fastidio o situaciones desagradables.
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 | cabrón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kaˈβ̞ɾõn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cabrón” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cabrón is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈβ̞ɾõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,471 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cabrón, with forms such as "acbrón", "cabbrón", and "cabrnó". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "caro", "carro", "cobro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is cabrón, spelled C-A-B-R-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona, un animal o una cosa: que causa fastidio o situaciones desagradables.
- 2Dicho de un hombre: Que es objeto de infidelidad por parte de su pareja.
- 3Que actúa hábil y sagazmente.
- 4Dicho de una persona: De mal carácter.
- 5Complicado, difícil.
- 6Intenso, extremo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acbrón,cabbrón,cabrnó,cabrrón,cabrónn,cabórn,cavrón,cbarón,ccabrón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cabrón - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “cabrón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-B-R-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaˈβ̞ɾõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “caro” - see the side-by-side comparison. cabrón vs caro
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.