moretón
[moɾeˈt̪õn]
The verdict
“moretón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,186 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,186
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mancha de la piel de color morado, que con el tiempo va poniéndose amarillenta, para terminar por desaparecer, debida a una hemorragia subcutánea, normalmente provocada por un golpe
Corpus desk
Index ES-moreton · moretón · Spanish
moretón · rank #60,186 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,186
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH Morante
Nearest frequency peer: Morante (-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 “moretón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- montacargas
montacargas
39,820 corpus weight
- months
months
39,817 corpus weight
- Morante
Morante
39,816 corpus weight
- moretón
moretón
39,815 corpus weight
- mozárabe
mozárabe
39,813 corpus weight
- mímica
mímica
39,810 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “moretón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moretón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [moɾeˈt̪õn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “moretón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
moretón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,186 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [moɾeˈt̪õn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mancha de la piel de color morado, que con el tiempo va poniéndose amarillenta, para terminar por desaparecer, debida a una hemorragia subcutánea, normalmente provocada por un golpe".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for moretón, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is moretón, spelled M-O-R-E-T-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Mancha de la piel de color morado, que con el tiempo va poniéndose amarillenta, para terminar por desaparecer, debida a una hemorragia subcutánea, normalmente provocada por un golpe
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); 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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