don Juan
[ˈd̪õŋ ˈxwãn]
The verdict
“don Juan” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hombre que seduce a las mujeres.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | don Juan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈd̪õŋ ˈxwãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “don Juan” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for don Juan is 8 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪õŋ ˈxwãn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hombre que seduce a las mujeres.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for don Juan, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is don Juan, spelled D-O-N- -J-U-A-N.
Definition
- 1Hombre que seduce a las mujeres.
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 “don Juan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-O-N- -J-U-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈd̪õŋ ˈxwãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.