culebrón

[kuleˈβ̞ɾõn]

/[kuleˈβ̞ɾõn]/ noun

The verdict

“culebrón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,930 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,930
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Criatura mitológica en forma de serpiente gigante.

Corpus desk

Index ES-culebron · culebrón · Spanish

culebrón · rank #56,930 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,930
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cumplimentar

Nearest frequency peer: cumplimentar (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “culebrón”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “culebrón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for culebrón
PropertyValue
Headwordculebrón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kuleˈβ̞ɾõn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,930
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “culebrón” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.culebróncae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “cumplimentar” (#56,931), “crucemos” (#56,928), “curativos” (#56,932). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “culebrón” va en #56,930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

culebrón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,930 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kuleˈβ̞ɾõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for culebrón in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is culebrón, spelled C-U-L-E-B-R-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Criatura mitológica en forma de serpiente gigante.
  2. 2
    Programa de televisión en episodios consecutivos, narrando una historia ficticia (aunque puede estar basada en hechos reales) de alto contenido melodramático.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how culebrón appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Francisco sigue desde Roma "la vida política y la vida interna del peronismo" no menos de cómo la seguía desde aquí, observó un cronista. Actuaba "como político", escribía "cartas", alentaba y disuadía. ¿Recordaba al general? No por casualidad, día tras día, el culebrón sobre su visita era alimentado con arte.

Synonyms

viboróntelenovela

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "culebrón"?
"culebrón" is spelled C-U-L-E-B-R-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kuleˈβ̞ɾõn].
What does "culebrón" mean?
As a noun, "culebrón" means: Criatura mitológica en forma de serpiente gigante.
How do you pronounce "culebrón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "culebrón" is [kuleˈβ̞ɾõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "culebrón" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "culebrón", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list