dron
[ˈd̪ɾõn]
The verdict
“dron” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #20,001 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,001
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
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) |
Where “dron” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for dron is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪ɾõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,001 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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).
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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Using “dron”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-R-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈd̪ɾõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dúo” - see the side-by-side comparison. dron vs dúo
- 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.