electrón

/[elekˈt̪ɾõn]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,577

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

electrón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Partícula subatómica con carga eléctrica negativa y que gira alrededor del núcleo atómico; El flujo de electrones constituye la corriente eléctrica. Pronounced [elekˈt̪ɾõn]. Often confused with elevaron and electrones.

Key facts for electrón
PropertyValue
Headwordelectrón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[elekˈt̪ɾõn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,577
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of electrón in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for electrón is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [elekˈt̪ɾõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,577 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partícula subatómica con carga eléctrica negativa y que gira alrededor del núcleo atómico; El flujo de electrones constituye la corriente eléctrica.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for electrón, with forms such as "eelctrón", "elcetrón", and "elecctrón". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "elevaron", "electrones", "electronic", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is electrón, spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partícula subatómica con carga eléctrica negativa y que gira alrededor del núcleo atómico; El flujo de electrones constituye la corriente eléctrica.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eelctrón,elcetrón,elecctrón,elecrtón,electrnó,electrrón,electrónn,electtrón,electórn,eletcrón,ellectrón,leectrón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for electrón

Misspelling Variants of "electrón"

eelctrón8elcetrón8elecctrón9elecrtón8electrnó8electrrón9electrónn9electtrón9
Misspelling Variants of "electrón"

Frequency rank: #37,577 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "electrón"?
"electrón" is spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [elekˈt̪ɾõn].
What does "electrón" mean?
As a noun, "electrón" means: Partícula subatómica con carga eléctrica negativa y que gira alrededor del núcleo atómico; El flujo de electrones constituye la corriente eléctrica.
What words are commonly confused with "electrón"?
"electrón" is commonly confused with "elevaron", "electrones", "electronic". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "electrón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "electrón" is [elekˈt̪ɾõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "electrón" come from?
"electrón" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.