limón
[liˈmõn]
The verdict
“limón” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,980
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Citrus x limon) Fruto cítrico obtenido del limonero. Es un hesperidio ovoide, con un pezón en el extremo distal, jugoso, con cáscara de color verde virando al amarillo, pulpa amarillenta y sabor m...
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 | limón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [liˈmõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “limón” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around limón (IPA [liˈmõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,980 among 17,327 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for limón, with forms such as "ilmón", "limmón", and "limnó". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lin", "lio", "lomo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists 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 limón, spelled L-I-M-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1(Citrus x limon) Fruto cítrico obtenido del limonero. Es un hesperidio ovoide, con un pezón en el extremo distal, jugoso, con cáscara de color verde virando al amarillo, pulpa amarillenta y sabor moderadamente ácido, debido a la concentración de ácido cítrico en su jugo. Se aprovecha también la capa más exterior de su piel, fuertemente aromática.
- 2(Citrus x limon) Árbol que produce este fruto₁.
- 3(Citrus x aurantifolia) Fruto cítrico, un hesperidio globoso, de entre 2,5 y 5 cm de diámetro. Es de color verde amarillento al madurar, aunque se suele consumir antes de la maduración; su pulpa es verde y jugosa, mucho más ácida que la del limón₁.
- 4(Citrus x latifolia) Fruto cítrico, un hesperidio ovoide, con un pezón en el extremo distal, de hasta 6 cm de diámetro. La cáscara es amarilla cuando madura, y de un verde pálido amarillento en el punto preferido de consumo. Es aromático y poco ácido, y en las variedades comerciales carece por lo general de semilla.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilmón
- limmón
- limnó
- limónn
- liómn
- llimón
- lmión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of limón - 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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Using “limón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-I-M-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [liˈmõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lin” - see the side-by-side comparison. limón vs lin
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.