melocotón
[melokoˈt̪õn]
The verdict
“melocotón” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #34,213 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,213
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Prunus persica) Árbol frutal de la familia de las rosáceas, natural de China y hoy extensamente cultivado por su fruto comestible. Es un árbol de porte mediano y fuste delgado, de entre 5 y 10 m d...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | melocotón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [melokoˈt̪õn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #34,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “melocotón” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for melocotón is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [melokoˈt̪õn]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,213 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for melocotón, with forms such as "emlocotón", "melcootón", and "mellocotón". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is melocotón, spelled M-E-L-O-C-O-T-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1(Prunus persica) Árbol frutal de la familia de las rosáceas, natural de China y hoy extensamente cultivado por su fruto comestible. Es un árbol de porte mediano y fuste delgado, de entre 5 y 10 m de altura, caducifolio, con hojas lanceoladas y flores rosa, solitarias o por pares, pentámeras. Su fruto es una drupa de piel amarilla o rojiza y pulpa blanca o amarilla, muy dulce y fragante. Requiere mucha agua, buen sol y no resiste las heladas.
- 2Fruta que produce, de piel ligeramente pubescente y muy fina, de color amarillo a rojizo, que protege una pulpa carnosa, jugosa y dulce, con mayor o menor acidez según las variedades. Es una drupa, conteniendo una única y gran semilla encerrada en una cáscara dura.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emlocotón,melcootón,mellocotón,meloccotón,melocotnó,melocottón,melocotónn,melocoótn,meloctoón,melooctón,meolcotón,mleocotón,mmelocotón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of melocotón - 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 “melocotón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-L-O-C-O-T-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [melokoˈt̪õn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.