jalón
[xaˈlõn]
The verdict
“jalón” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #39,300. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,300
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 645
- “J” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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...
Corpus desk
Index ES-jalon · jalón · Spanish
jalón · rank #39,300 · 7 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,300
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 645
- PHOTO-FINISH irrumpir
Nearest frequency peer: irrumpir (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “jalón”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- invencibles
invencibles
60,705 corpus weight
- irritable
irritable
60,703 corpus weight
- irrumpir
irrumpir
60,702 corpus weight
- jalón
jalón
60,701 corpus weight
- jarrón
jarrón
60,699 corpus weight
- junco
junco
60,698 corpus weight
What this shows “jalón” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jalón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xaˈlõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “jalón”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around jalón (IPA [xaˈlõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,300 among 645 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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 of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Jan", "Jano", "Japón", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is jalón, spelled J-A-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Vara 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of jalón - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "jalón", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).