fletán
[fleˈt̪ãn]
The verdict
“fletán” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pez pleuronectiforme, de gran tamaño (puede llegar hasta 3 m. de longitud y pesar 250-300 kg.) que vive en las aguas frías del Atlántico norte y Groenlandia, y cuyo aceite de hígado es rico en vita...
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Index ES-fletan · fletán · Spanish
fletán · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | fletán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fleˈt̪ãn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “fletán” en español
Rare enough to double-check
fletán is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fleˈt̪ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pez pleuronectiforme, de gran tamaño (puede llegar hasta 3 m. de longitud y pesar 250-300 kg.) que vive en las aguas frías del Atlántico norte y Groenlandia, y cuyo aceite de hígado es rico en vita...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fletán, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is fletán, spelled F-L-E-T-Á-N.
Definition
- 1Pez pleuronectiforme, de gran tamaño (puede llegar hasta 3 m. de longitud y pesar 250-300 kg.) que vive en las aguas frías del Atlántico norte y Groenlandia, y cuyo aceite de hígado es rico en vitaminas. Es sinónimo de halibut.
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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.