crespón
[kɾesˈpõn]
The verdict
“crespón” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Especie de gasa, en la cual la urdimbre está más retorcida que la trama. Los hay de varios colores.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crespón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɾesˈpõn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crespón” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for crespón is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɾesˈpõn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
crespón has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is crespón, spelled C-R-E-S-P-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Especie de gasa, en la cual la urdimbre está más retorcida que la trama. Los hay de varios colores.
- 2Tira de esta gasa que , en señal de luto oficial y riguroso, se coloca en forma de corbata en las banderas y estandartes de los regimientos. La usan también los militares en el puño de la espada o en el brazo.
- 3Emblema, señal, símbolo de muerte.
- 4Por extensión; bandera, pregón, alarde de guerra a muerte y sin cuartel, especialmente en metáforas poéticas.
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.
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Using “crespón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-R-E-S-P-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɾesˈpõn] (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.