halcón

/[alˈkõn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,445

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

halcón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Ave depredadora diurna de la familia Falconidae, expecialmente las del género Falco. Pronounced [alˈkõn]. Often confused with halló and hallan.

Key facts for halcón
PropertyValue
Headwordhalcón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alˈkõn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,445
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of halcón in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for halcón is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [alˈkõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,445 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ave depredadora diurna de la familia Falconidae, expecialmente las del género Falco.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for halcón, with forms such as "ahlcón", "haclón", and "halccón". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "halló", "hallan", "halcones", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is halcón, spelled H-A-L-C-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ave depredadora diurna de la familia Falconidae, expecialmente las del género Falco.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahlcón,haclón,halccón,halcnó,halcónn,hallcón,halócn,hhalcón,hlacón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for halcón

Misspelling Variants of "halcón"

ahlcón6haclón6halccón7halcnó6halcónn7hallcón7halócn6hhalcón7
Misspelling Variants of "halcón"

Frequency rank: #17,445 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "halcón"?
"halcón" is spelled H-A-L-C-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [alˈkõn].
What does "halcón" mean?
As a noun, "halcón" means: Ave depredadora diurna de la familia Falconidae, expecialmente las del género Falco.
What words are commonly confused with "halcón"?
"halcón" is commonly confused with "halló", "hallan", "halcones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "halcón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "halcón" is [alˈkõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "halcón" come from?
"halcón" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.