emoticón
[emot̪iˈkõn]
The verdict
“emoticón” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #98,378 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #98,378
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dibujo hecho con caracteres simples para representar estados de ánimo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | emoticón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [emot̪iˈkõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “emoticón” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for emoticón is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [emot̪iˈkõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #98,378 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dibujo hecho con caracteres simples para representar estados de ánimo.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for emoticón in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is emoticón, spelled E-M-O-T-I-C-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Dibujo hecho con caracteres simples para representar estados de ánimo.
Synonyms
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 “emoticón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-M-O-T-I-C-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [emot̪iˈkõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.