dron
[ˈd̪ɾõn]
The verdict
“dron” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,001. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,001
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aeronave que vuela sin tripulación humana a bordo, también conocida en español como vehículo aéreo no tripulado (VANT), o sistema aéreo no tripulado (UAS, por siglas en inglés de Unmanned Aerial Sy...
Corpus desk
Index ES-dron · dron · Spanish
dron · rank #20,001 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,001
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dogma
Nearest frequency peer: dogma (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “dron”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- discutimos
discutimos
80,004 corpus weight
- disfrutamos
disfrutamos
80,003 corpus weight
- dista
dista
80,002 corpus weight
- dogma
dogma
80,001 corpus weight
- dron
dron
80,000 corpus weight
- Echeverría
Echeverría
79,998 corpus weight
What this shows “dron” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dron |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪ɾõn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #20,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “dron”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around dron (IPA [ˈd̪ɾõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,001 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Aeronave que vuela sin tripulación humana a bordo, también conocida en español como vehículo aéreo no tripulado (VANT), o sistema aéreo no tripulado (UAS, por siglas en inglés de Unmanned Aerial Sy...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dron, with forms such as "ddron", "dorn", and "drno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dúo", "dry", "duro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is dron, spelled D-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Aeronave que vuela sin tripulación humana a bordo, también conocida en español como vehículo aéreo no tripulado (VANT), o sistema aéreo no tripulado (UAS, por siglas en inglés de Unmanned Aerial System), o UAV (por Unmanned Aerial Vehicle).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dron appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Para matar a Anuar el Aulaki, Estados Unidos ha utilizado un avión teledirigido a miles de kilómetros de distancia. Se trata de un Drone, que significa literalmente abejorro
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddron
- dorn
- drno
- dronn
- drron
- rdon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dron - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).