lirón
[liˈɾõn]
The verdict
“lirón” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roedor de la familia Glíridos (Gliridae). Mide de 18 a 26 cm incluyendo la cola, es de aspecto similar al ratón y de pelaje gris oscuro o castaño en el lomo y blanco en la parte baja.
Corpus desk
Index ES-liron · lirón · Spanish
lirón · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" 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 | lirón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [liˈɾõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “lirón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
lirón is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [liˈɾõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Roedor de la familia Glíridos (Gliridae). Mide de 18 a 26 cm incluyendo la cola, es de aspecto similar al ratón y de pelaje gris oscuro o castaño en el lomo y blanco en la parte baja.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lirón, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is lirón, spelled L-I-R-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Roedor de la familia Glíridos (Gliridae). Mide de 18 a 26 cm incluyendo la cola, es de aspecto similar al ratón y de pelaje gris oscuro o castaño en el lomo y blanco en la parte baja.
This word in other languages
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.