jalón

/[xaˈlõn]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,300

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

jalón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Vara larga de madera, de sección cilíndrica o prismática, comúnmente pintada de rayas en color blanco y rojo, que termina en regatón de hierro, por donde se clava en el terreno. Sirve para determin... Pronounced [xaˈlõn]. Often confused with Jan and Jano.

Key facts for jalón
PropertyValue
Headwordjalón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[xaˈlõn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#39,300
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for jalón is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xaˈlõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,300 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Vara larga de madera, de sección cilíndrica o prismática, comúnmente pintada de rayas en color blanco y rojo, que termina en regatón de hierro, por donde se clava en el terreno. Sirve para determin...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for jalón, with forms such as "ajlón", "jallón", and "jalnó". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Jan", "Jano", "Japón", 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 jalón, spelled J-A-L-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vara larga de madera, de sección cilíndrica o prismática, comúnmente pintada de rayas en color blanco y rojo, que termina en regatón de hierro, por donde se clava en el terreno. Sirve para determinar puntos fijos en el levantamiento de planos topográficos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ajlón,jallón,jalnó,jalónn,jaóln,jjalón,jlaón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for jalón

Misspelling Variants of "jalón"

ajlón5jallón6jalnó5jalónn6jaóln5jjalón6jlaón5
Misspelling Variants of "jalón"

Frequency rank: #39,300 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jalón"?
"jalón" is spelled J-A-L-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [xaˈlõn].
What does "jalón" mean?
As a noun, "jalón" means: Vara larga de madera, de sección cilíndrica o prismática, comúnmente pintada de rayas en color blanco y rojo, que termina en regatón de hierro, por donde se clava en el terreno. Sirve para determin...
What words are commonly confused with "jalón"?
"jalón" is commonly confused with "Jan", "Jano", "Japón". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "jalón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jalón" is [xaˈlõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jalón" come from?
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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.