cardón
[kaɾˈð̞õn]
The verdict
“cardón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,235 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,235
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre común dado a numerosas especies de cactáceas, tales como las del género Stenocereus, Pachycereus pringlei, Cylindropuntia imbricata, Echinopsis atacamensis, o Neobuxbaumia tetetzo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cardon · cardón · Spanish
cardón · rank #75,235 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,235
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH caparazones
Nearest frequency peer: caparazones (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cardón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- candor
candor
24,770 corpus weight
- canica
canica
24,769 corpus weight
- caparazones
caparazones
24,768 corpus weight
- cardón
cardón
24,766 corpus weight
- cauta
cauta
24,764 corpus weight
- cavero
cavero
24,763 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cardón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cardón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaɾˈð̞õn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cardón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cardón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,235 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaɾˈð̞õn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
cardón doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 cardón, spelled C-A-R-D-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Nombre común dado a numerosas especies de cactáceas, tales como las del género Stenocereus, Pachycereus pringlei, Cylindropuntia imbricata, Echinopsis atacamensis, o Neobuxbaumia tetetzo.
- 2(Eryngium carlinae) Planta herbácea perenne de la familia de las apiáceas. Posee espinas y flores con tonalidades blancas, azules y moradas
- 3(Euphorbia canariensis) Planta de la familia de las euforbiáceas, candelabriforme, de espinas robustas y curvadas. Endémica de la Macaronesia, y de las islas Canarias en especial.
- 4(Puya chilensis) Planta de la familia de las bromélidas, grande, espinosa, con flores verde amarillentas dispuestas en espigas de más de 2 m. de largo.
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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