malón
[maˈlõn]
The verdict
“malón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,205 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,205
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incursión de ataque sorpresivo y saqueo que los mapuches y pueblos afines realizaban contra asentamientos de sus enemigos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-malon · malón · Spanish
malón · rank #71,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,205
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mandadas
Nearest frequency peer: mandadas (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “malón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- luches
luches
28,801 corpus weight
- luctuoso
luctuoso
28,800 corpus weight
- macrófagos
macrófagos
28,798 corpus weight
- malón
malón
28,796 corpus weight
- mandadas
mandadas
28,795 corpus weight
- Maputo
Maputo
28,791 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “malón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈlõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “malón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
malón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,205 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈlõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for malón, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is malón, spelled M-A-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Incursión de ataque sorpresivo y saqueo que los mapuches y pueblos afines realizaban contra asentamientos de sus enemigos.
- 2Turba o muchedumbre revoltosa.
- 3Reunión festiva en que los asistentes se presentan de improviso en la casa de alguien, llevando lo necesario para comer y bailar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how malón appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La partida de indios se hallaba a media legua del pueblo dormido y avanzaba al gran galope de sus caballos fuertes y nerviosos, producto del último malón que llora aún el que formó la tropílla a costa de tantos desvelos...
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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