nailon
[ˈnajlõn]
The verdict
“nailon” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,997 among 7,828 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,997
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,828
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Polímero sintético de poliamida, empleada en la confección de textiles como sustituto de la seda y en otras manufacturas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nailon |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnajlõn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nailon” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nailon is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,997 among 7,828 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnajlõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Polímero sintético de poliamida, empleada en la confección de textiles como sustituto de la seda y en otras manufacturas.".
No misspelling variants are generated for nailon in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 nailon, spelled N-A-I-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Polímero sintético de poliamida, empleada en la confección de textiles como sustituto de la seda y en otras manufacturas.
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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Using “nailon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-A-I-L-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈnajlõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.