kerosén
[keɾoˈsẽn]
The verdict
“kerosén” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fracción del petróleo que tiene uso como combustible (en calefactores estufas, en aviones), como solvente o como producto de limpieza.
Corpus desk
Index ES-kerosen · kerosén · Spanish
kerosén · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | kerosén |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [keɾoˈsẽn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “kerosén” en español
Rare enough to double-check
kerosén is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [keɾoˈsẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fracción del petróleo que tiene uso como combustible (en calefactores estufas, en aviones), como solvente o como producto de limpieza.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kerosén, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is kerosén, spelled K-E-R-O-S-É-N.
Definition
- 1Fracción del petróleo que tiene uso como combustible (en calefactores estufas, en aviones), como solvente o como producto de limpieza.
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.