íleon
Spanish, noun/ˈileon/
íleon is spelled Í-L-E-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 117,287th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Íleon is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ileum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a proscribed, uncommon form of ilion. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte final del intestino delgado, que en el hombre mide unos 4 metros, situada entre el yeyuno y el…”.
What does íleon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineileum
- 2
masculineproscribedproscribed, uncommon form of ilion
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte final del intestino delgado, que en el hombre mide unos 4 metros, situada entre el yeyuno y el intestino grueso. Su función es absorber las sustancias alimenticias degradadas en moléculas por su delgada pared.
noun: 1. Variante poco usada de ilion.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce íleon?
- /ˈileon/
- [ˈi.le.õn]
- [ˈileõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to íleon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is íleon in Spanish?
íleon appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).