cotillón
[kot̪iˈʝõn]
The verdict
“cotillón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,195 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,195
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fiesta que se celebra en Nochevieja o el día de Reyes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cotillón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kot̪iˈʝõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cotillón” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cotillón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,195 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kot̪iˈʝõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
cotillón has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 cotillón, spelled C-O-T-I-L-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Fiesta que se celebra en Nochevieja o el día de Reyes.
- 2Tipo de baile proveniente de Francia inventado alrededor de 1700 para ser bailado por parejas de a cuatro formando un especie de cuadrado; se ejecutaba en los bailes de sociedad.
- 3Conjunto de insumos que se utilizan específicamente en las fiestas de cumpleaños, especialmente en los cumpleaños infantiles.
- 4Local o negocio en donde se venden artículos de cotillón₃.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “cotillón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-T-I-L-L-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kot̪iˈʝõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.