cazón

[kaˈsõn]

/[kaˈsõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“cazón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,577 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,577
frequency rank, Spanish
77,812
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Galeorhinus galeus), pez marino de la familia de los selacios de carne muy estimada.

Key facts for cazón
PropertyValue
Headwordcazón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kaˈsõn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#86,577
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cazón” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cazón lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cazón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,577 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈsõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cazón, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 cazón, spelled C-A-Z-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Galeorhinus galeus), pez marino de la familia de los selacios de carne muy estimada.
  2. 2
    Nombre dado a la cría del tiburón cuya carne es consumida.

This word in other languages

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cazón"?
"cazón" is spelled C-A-Z-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kaˈsõn].
What does "cazón" mean?
As a noun, "cazón" means: (Galeorhinus galeus), pez marino de la familia de los selacios de carne muy estimada.
How do you pronounce "cazón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cazón" is [kaˈsõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cazón" come from?
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Using “cazón”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-Z-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [kaˈsõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list