emoticón
[emot̪iˈkõn]
The verdict
“emoticón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,378 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,378
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dibujo hecho con caracteres simples para representar estados de ánimo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-emoticon · emoticón · Spanish
emoticón · rank #98,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,378
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH emerging
Nearest frequency peer: emerging (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “emoticón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- elogiosos
elogiosos
1,626 corpus weight
- emanando
emanando
1,625 corpus weight
- emerging
emerging
1,624 corpus weight
- emoticón
emoticón
1,623 corpus weight
- empapelado
empapelado
1,622 corpus weight
- empecéis
empecéis
1,621 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “emoticón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “emoticón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
emoticón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,378 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [emot̪iˈkõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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