jamón york
[xaˈmõɲ ˈʝoɾk]
The verdict
“jamón york” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fiambre elaborado con las patas traseras del cerdo o bien con muslos de aves como pollo o pavo. Empleado mayormente para elaborar sándwiches acompañado generalmente de queso rebanado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-jamon-york · jamón york · Spanish
jamón york · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jamón york |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [xaˈmõɲ ˈʝoɾk] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “jamón york” en español
Rare enough to double-check
jamón york is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [xaˈmõɲ ˈʝoɾk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fiambre elaborado con las patas traseras del cerdo o bien con muslos de aves como pollo o pavo. Empleado mayormente para elaborar sándwiches acompañado generalmente de queso rebanado.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jamón york, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is jamón york, spelled J-A-M-Ó-N- -Y-O-R-K.
Definition
- 1Fiambre elaborado con las patas traseras del cerdo o bien con muslos de aves como pollo o pavo. Empleado mayormente para elaborar sándwiches acompañado generalmente de queso rebanado.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.