lechón
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#46,634
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
9
tracked variants
Confusables
13
similar word pairs
lechón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cría aún lactante del cerdo (Sus scrofa). Pronounced [leˈt͡ʃõn]. Often confused with león and Lucho.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lechón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [leˈt͡ʃõn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #46,634 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for lechón is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [leˈt͡ʃõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,634 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for lechón, with forms such as "elchón", "lcehón", and "lecchón". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "león", "Lucho", "Lemon", 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 lechón, spelled L-E-C-H-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Cría aún lactante del cerdo (Sus scrofa).
- 2Carne de este animal empleada como alimento.
- 3Por extensión, cerdo macho en general.
- 4Persona sucia o desaseada.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elchón,lcehón,lecchón,lechhón,lechnó,lechónn,lecóhn,lehcón,llechón
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Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lechón
Misspelling Variants of "lechón"
Frequency rank: #46,634 in Spanish
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