cajón

/[kaˈxõn]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,762

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cajón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pieza móvil de diversos muebles, cerrada por sus costados y abajo, abierta por arriba, usada para guardar diversos elementos ordenadamente. Pronounced [kaˈxõn]. It ranks #8,762 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with con and can.

Key facts for cajón
PropertyValue
Headwordcajón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈxõn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,762
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cajón is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaˈxõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,762 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cajón, with forms such as "acjón", "cajjón", and "cajnó". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "con", "can", "caso", 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 cajón, spelled C-A-J-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pieza móvil de diversos muebles, cerrada por sus costados y abajo, abierta por arriba, usada para guardar diversos elementos ordenadamente.
  2. 2
    Recipiente de madera, de forma cuadrangular, utilizado para el transporte de mercancìas.
  3. 3
    Valle rodeado por montañas o cerros de considerable altura, por cuyo fondo corre un río o arroyo.
  4. 4
    Espacio cerrado por rejas y con puertas, en el que los caballos esperan la largada de la carrera.
  5. 5
    Compartimento con dos puertas que se abren hacia arriba, para el encierro y traslado del toro.
  6. 6
    Mueble para el traslado y entierro de los difuntos.
  7. 7
    Espacio para colocar una fila de libros, entre tabla y tabla, de los estantes y muebles similares.
  8. 8
    Taller, o puesto de venta en los mercados, hecho de madera.
  9. 9
    Instrumento musical originario de Perú, que consiste en una caja de madera sobre la que se sienta el músico que la toca.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acjón,cajjón,cajnó,cajónn,caójn,ccajón,cjaón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cajón

Misspelling Variants of "cajón"

acjón5cajjón6cajnó5cajónn6caójn5ccajón6cjaón5
Misspelling Variants of "cajón"

Frequency rank: #8,762 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cajón"?
"cajón" is spelled C-A-J-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈxõn].
What does "cajón" mean?
As a noun, "cajón" means: Pieza móvil de diversos muebles, cerrada por sus costados y abajo, abierta por arriba, usada para guardar diversos elementos ordenadamente.
What words are commonly confused with "cajón"?
"cajón" is commonly confused with "con", "can", "caso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cajón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cajón" is [kaˈxõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cajón" come from?
"cajón" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.