carillón
[kaɾiˈʝõn]
The verdict
“carillón” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aparato musical instalado en campanarios y compuesto de grandes campanas inteligentemente acordadas, que mediante un teclado se hacen sonar melódicamente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-carillon · carillón · Spanish
carillón · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carillón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaɾiˈʝõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “carillón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
carillón is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaɾiˈʝõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for carillón, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is carillón, spelled C-A-R-I-L-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Aparato musical instalado en campanarios y compuesto de grandes campanas inteligentemente acordadas, que mediante un teclado se hacen sonar melódicamente.
- 2Instrumento de percusión idiófono que consiste en un juego de campanas dispuestas en escala musical que se golpean con un martillo.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.