Japón

/[xaˈpõn]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,351

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

Japón is aSpanishname. It means: País de Asia oriental, constituido por un archipiélago ubicado al oriente de la península de Corea, entre el océano Pacífico y el mar del Japón. Pronounced [xaˈpõn]. It ranks #1,351 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Jason and jarrón.

Key facts for Japón
PropertyValue
HeadwordJapón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[xaˈpõn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,351
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Japón is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xaˈpõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,351 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "País de Asia oriental, constituido por un archipiélago ubicado al oriente de la península de Corea, entre el océano Pacífico y el mar del Japón.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Japón, with forms such as "ajpón", "japnó", and "jappón". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Jason", "jarrón", "japonés", 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 Japón, spelled J-A-P-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    País de Asia oriental, constituido por un archipiélago ubicado al oriente de la península de Corea, entre el océano Pacífico y el mar del Japón.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ajpón,japnó,jappón,japónn,jaópn,jjapón,jpaón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Japón

Misspelling Variants of "Japón"

ajpón5japnó5jappón6japónn6jaópn5jjapón6jpaón5
Misspelling Variants of "Japón"

Frequency rank: #1,351 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Japón"?
"Japón" is spelled J-A-P-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [xaˈpõn].
What does "Japón" mean?
As a name, "Japón" means: País de Asia oriental, constituido por un archipiélago ubicado al oriente de la península de Corea, entre el océano Pacífico y el mar del Japón.
What words are commonly confused with "Japón"?
"Japón" is commonly confused with "Jason", "jarrón", "japonés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Japón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Japón" is [xaˈpõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Japón" come from?
"Japón" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.