león
[leˈõn]
The verdict
“león” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,609. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,609
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Panthera leo) Felino del Viejo Mundo de gran tamaño, el mayor del mundo tras el tigre y una de las cuatro especies capaces de rugir gracias a la peculiar conformación de su hioides. Es distintiva ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-leon · león · Spanish
león · rank #1,609 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,609
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH Jorge
Nearest frequency peer: Jorge (-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 “león”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Jorge
Jorge
98,393 corpus weight
- león
león
98,392 corpus weight
- líneas
líneas
98,391 corpus weight
- mínimo
mínimo
98,390 corpus weight
- números
números
98,389 corpus weight
- ojalá
ojalá
98,388 corpus weight
What this shows “león” 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 | león |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [leˈõn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “león”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around león (IPA [leˈõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,609 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for león, with forms such as "elón", "lenó", and "leónn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lo", "los", "les", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is león, spelled L-E-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1(Panthera leo) Felino del Viejo Mundo de gran tamaño, el mayor del mundo tras el tigre y una de las cuatro especies capaces de rugir gracias a la peculiar conformación de su hioides. Es distintiva la frondosa melena que orna el cuello de los machos adultos. Alcanzan los 225 kg de peso; su piel es normalmente pardoamarillenta, adaptada al mimetismo con su hábitat, la sabana africana, adonde están casi exclusivamente confinados hoy, tras haber habitado gran parte de Europa y Asia. Son predadores que forman manadas de un pequeño grupo de machos reproductores, varias leonas y sus crías inmaduras.
- 2(Puma concolor) Por analogía, puma.
- 3Figuradamente, persona audaz y arrojada.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how león appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En el campo de batalla Valero, como todos los bravos de la patria vieja, era un león desencadenado.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elón
- lenó
- leónn
- lleón
- lóen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of león - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "león", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).