calefón
[kaleˈfõn]
The verdict
“calefón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,965 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,965
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Calentador para el agua de la red que funciona a partir de una llama que calienta un serpentín por donde circula la cañería del agua a calentar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | calefón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaleˈfõn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #94,965 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “calefón” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
calefón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,965 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaleˈfõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Calentador para el agua de la red que funciona a partir de una llama que calienta un serpentín por donde circula la cañería del agua a calentar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for calefón in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is calefón, spelled C-A-L-E-F-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Calentador para el agua de la red que funciona a partir de una llama que calienta un serpentín por donde circula la cañería del agua a calentar.
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 “calefón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-L-E-F-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaleˈfõn] (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.