crayon

[kʁɛ.jɔ̃]

/[kʁɛ.jɔ̃]/ noun

The verdict

“crayon” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lápiz.

Corpus desk

Index ES-crayon · crayon · Spanish

crayon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 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.

Key facts for crayon
PropertyValue
Headwordcrayon
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kʁɛ.jɔ̃]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “crayon” en español

crayonqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crayon is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kʁɛ.jɔ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for crayon, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 crayon, spelled C-R-A-Y-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lápiz.
  2. 2
    Mina o cualquier otro material utilizado para dibujar.
  3. 3
    Forma de dibujar o manera en que se dibuja algo.
  4. 4
    Dibujo hecho con lápiz.
  5. 5
    Bosquejo.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crayon"?
"crayon" is spelled C-R-A-Y-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kʁɛ.jɔ̃].
What does "crayon" mean?
As a noun, "crayon" means: Lápiz.
How do you pronounce "crayon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crayon" is [kʁɛ.jɔ̃]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crayon" come from?
"crayon" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list