gallón
[gaˈʝõn]
The verdict
“gallón” 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) - Ornato que suele entallarse en los boceles y toros, y es parecido á las uñas o garrones de los gallos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gallon · gallón · Spanish
gallón · 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 "G" 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 | gallón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gaˈʝõn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gallón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gallón is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [gaˈʝõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ornato que suele entallarse en los boceles y toros, y es parecido á las uñas o garrones de los gallos.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gallón in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is gallón, spelled G-A-L-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Ornato que suele entallarse en los boceles y toros, y es parecido á las uñas o garrones de los gallos.
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.