cartón

/[kaɾˈt̪õn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,622

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cartón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Material barato compuesto de varias hojas de papel superpuestas y prensadas, utilizado principalemente para embalaje Pronounced [kaɾˈt̪õn]. It ranks #8,622 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Cato and corto.

Key facts for cartón
PropertyValue
Headwordcartón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaɾˈt̪õn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,622
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cartón in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cartón is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kaɾˈt̪õn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,622 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for cartón, with forms such as "acrtón", "carrtón", and "cartnó". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cato", "corto", "cauto", 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 cartón, spelled C-A-R-T-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Material barato compuesto de varias hojas de papel superpuestas y prensadas, utilizado principalemente para embalaje
  2. 2
    Envase o embalaje hecho en este material
  3. 3
    Por extensión, bulto que contiene varias unidades de un producto embalado en cartón, para su distribución mayorista
  4. 4
    Formato de historieta criticando -las situaciones del cotidiano

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acrtón,carrtón,cartnó,carttón,cartónn,carótn,catrón,ccartón,cratón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cartón

Misspelling Variants of "cartón"

acrtón6carrtón7cartnó6carttón7cartónn7carótn6catrón6ccartón7
Misspelling Variants of "cartón"

Frequency rank: #8,622 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cartón"?
"cartón" is spelled C-A-R-T-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kaɾˈt̪õn].
What does "cartón" mean?
As a noun, "cartón" means: Material barato compuesto de varias hojas de papel superpuestas y prensadas, utilizado principalemente para embalaje
What words are commonly confused with "cartón"?
"cartón" is commonly confused with "Cato", "corto", "cauto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cartón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cartón" is [kaɾˈt̪õn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cartón" come from?
"cartón" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.