chaperon
[ʃa.pʁɔ̃]
The verdict
“chaperon” 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) - Carabina, chaperón, paje o velón.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chaperon · chaperon · Spanish
chaperon · 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 | chaperon |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃa.pʁɔ̃] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chaperon” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chaperon is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃa.pʁɔ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for chaperon in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is chaperon, spelled C-H-A-P-E-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Carabina, chaperón, paje o velón.
- 2Almocela, caperuza, capilla, capillo, capirote, capirucho, capucha, capucho, capuchón, capuz, carapucho o cogulla.
- 3Capucha (para los aves de presa).
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.