ilion
Spanish, noun
ilion is spelled I-L-I-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 122,511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ilion is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ilium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, ilión is a different word: “alternative form of ilion”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hueso de la cadera, que fusionado con el isquion y el pubis forma el hueso innominado”.
What does ilion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineilium
noun
- 1
masculinealternative 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. Hueso de la cadera, que fusionado con el isquion y el pubis forma el hueso innominado.
noun: 1. Variante 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.
Forms of ilion
- iliones plural
- íliones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ilion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ilion in Spanish?
ilion appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).