camarón
The verdict
“camarón” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #21,592 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,592
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: (infraorden Caridea, antiguamente Natantia) Cualquiera de varios centenares de especies de crustáceos decápodos acuáticos, marinos o de agua dulce, distintivos por poseer dos pares de quelas, y una...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | camarón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kamaˈɾõn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “camarón” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for camarón is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kamaˈɾõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,592 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for camarón, with forms such as "acmarón", "caamrón", and "camarnó". 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, "camión", "campeón", "crearon", 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 camarón, spelled C-A-M-A-R-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1(infraorden Caridea, antiguamente Natantia) Cualquiera de varios centenares de especies de crustáceos decápodos acuáticos, marinos o de agua dulce, distintivos por poseer dos pares de quelas, y una marcada inclinación en el abdomen, cuyo segundo segmento se solapa con los adyacentes. Son muy apreciados en gastronomía, aunque en el uso culinario la distinción con los langostinos (Dendrobranchiata) es lábil.
- 2Persona de piel enrojecida por la excesiva exposición al sol.
- 3Conductor novato o inhábil.
- 4Pequeña cantidad de dinero que se da a cambio de un servicio además e independientemente del precio o salario convenido.
- 5Trabajo u obra pequeña o temporal.
- 6Persona inconstante o astuta, que cambia de opinión o actitud por conveniencia.
- 7Persona que habitualmente o por preferencia obtiene provecho a costa ajena.
- 8Descanso breve.
- 9Pene.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acmarón,caamrón,camarnó,camarrón,camarónn,camaórn,cammarón,camraón,ccamarón,cmaarón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of camarón - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "camarón"
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 “camarón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-M-A-R-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kamaˈɾõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “camión” - see the side-by-side comparison. camarón vs camión
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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