fotón
[foˈt̪õn]
The verdict
“fotón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,937 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,937
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partícula subatómica responsable de las interacciones electromagnéticas como la luz. Tiene masa en reposo cero y no tiene carga eléctrica.
Corpus desk
Index ES-foton · fotón · Spanish
fotón · rank #50,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,937
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH formulas
Nearest frequency peer: formulas (-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 “fotón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- forajidos
forajidos
49,068 corpus weight
- formaría
formaría
49,067 corpus weight
- formulas
formulas
49,065 corpus weight
- fotón
fotón
49,064 corpus weight
- foz
foz
49,063 corpus weight
- fructosa
fructosa
49,061 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “fotón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fotón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [foˈt̪õn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “fotón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
fotón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,937 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [foˈt̪õn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partícula subatómica responsable de las interacciones electromagnéticas como la luz. Tiene masa en reposo cero y no tiene carga eléctrica.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fotón, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is fotón, spelled F-O-T-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Partícula subatómica responsable de las interacciones electromagnéticas como la luz. Tiene masa en reposo cero y no tiene carga eléctrica.
This word in other languages
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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