glotón
[gloˈt̪õn]
The verdict
“glotón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,821 among 17,549 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,821
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,549
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que está afectado del vicio de la gula y por ello come en exceso.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glotón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [gloˈt̪õn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “glotón” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
glotón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,821 among 17,549 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [gloˈt̪õn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que está afectado del vicio de la gula y por ello come en exceso.".
glotón has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is glotón, spelled G-L-O-T-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Que está afectado del vicio de la gula y por ello come en exceso.
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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Using “glotón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is G-L-O-T-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [gloˈt̪õn] (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.