faldón
[fal̪ˈd̪õn]
The verdict
“faldón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,101 among 18,759 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,101
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 18,759
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Falda suelta al aire, que pende de alguna ropa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | faldón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fal̪ˈd̪õn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “faldón” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
faldón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,101 among 18,759 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fal̪ˈd̪õn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for faldón in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct Spanish form is faldón, spelled F-A-L-D-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Falda suelta al aire, que pende de alguna ropa.
- 2Parte inferior de alguna ropa, colgadura, etc.
- 3Prenda holgada que llevan los bebés desde la cintura hasta los pies.
- 4Piedra de tahona que por estar muy gastada sirve encima de otra, que no lo está tanto, para que con el peso de ambas pueda molerse bien el grano.
- 5Pieza de cuero que está unida a las armaduras de la silla para evitar el roce de la pierna del jinete con los flancos del caballo.
- 6Zócalo adherido al lateral de la carrocería que mejora la aerodinámica y la estabilidad del vehículo.
- 7Parte inferior de la página de un periódico, que cubre todo el ancho.^([definición imprecisa])
- 8En las cubiertas de los edificios con cuatro vertientes, se llama faldón a cada una de las dos vertientes que caen sobre las paredes testeras. El faldón forma un triángulo, cuya base es el largo de la pared testera; los lados, las dos líneas tesas, y su vértice está donde éstas se juntan en el caballete.
- 9Conjunto de los dos lienzos y del dintel que forma la boca de la chimenea.
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 “faldón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is F-A-L-D-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fal̪ˈd̪õn] (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.