capón
[kaˈpõn]
The verdict
“capón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,649 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,649
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hombre o animal castrado.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈpõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “capón” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
capón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,649 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈpõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
capón doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is capón, spelled C-A-P-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Hombre o animal castrado.
- 2Pollo que se castra cuando es pequeño y se ceba para comerlo.
- 3Maguey que tiene el cogollo cortado para estimular la producción del aguamiel.
- 4Retoño que nace en una planta después de haber sido cortada la primera vez.
- 5Haz de sarmientos para echar en la lumbre.
- 6Cadena o cabo grueso, firme en la serviola, que sirve para tener suspendida el ancla por el arganeo.
- 7Golpe que se da en la cabeza con el nudillo del dedo corazón, teniendo el puño cerrado.
- 8Plato mexicano compuesto de chile con huevo y longaniza.
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 “capón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-P-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kaˈpõn] (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.