jalen
[ˈxalẽn]
The verdict
“jalen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,272 among 7,810 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,272
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,810
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de jalar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jalen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈxalẽn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,272 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jalen” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jalen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,272 among 7,810 “J” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈxalẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jalen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is jalen, spelled J-A-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de jalar.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de jalar.
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 “jalen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-A-L-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈxalẽn] (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.