farallón
[faɾaˈʝõn]
The verdict
“farallón” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roca alta y tajada que sobresale en el mar, que en el pasado era parte de tierra firme.
Corpus desk
Index ES-farallon · farallón · Spanish
farallón · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | farallón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [faɾaˈʝõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “farallón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
farallón is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [faɾaˈʝõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for farallón in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is farallón, spelled F-A-R-A-L-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Roca alta y tajada que sobresale en el mar, que en el pasado era parte de tierra firme.
- 2Parte superior de un filón cuando sobresale en la superficie del terreno.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.