chiflón
[t͡ʃiˈflõn]
The verdict
“chiflón” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Viento que se cuela por una rendija o agujero, especialmente aquel que silba o chifla.
Corpus desk
Index ES-chiflon · chiflón · Spanish
chiflón · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | chiflón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t͡ʃiˈflõn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “chiflón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
chiflón is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t͡ʃiˈflõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chiflón, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 chiflón, spelled C-H-I-F-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Viento que se cuela por una rendija o agujero, especialmente aquel que silba o chifla.
- 2Movimiento de aire frío y tenue, pero molesto, en el interior de un recinto o habitación.
- 3Derrumbe en una mina.
- 4Canal con aguas impetuosas.
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.