Napoleón
[napoleˈõn]
The verdict
“Napoleón” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,686. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,686
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,828
- “N” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Napoleón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [napoleˈõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Napoleón” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Napoleón (IPA [napoleˈõn]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,686 among 7,828 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nombre de pila de varón".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Napoleón, with forms such as "anpoleón", "naopleón", and "naploeón". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Nápoles", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Napoleón, spelled N-A-P-O-L-E-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- anpoleón
- naopleón
- naploeón
- napoelón
- napolenó
- napoleónn
- napolleón
- napolóen
- nappoleón
- nnapoleón
- npaoleón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Napoleón - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Napoleón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-A-P-O-L-E-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [napoleˈõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Nápoles” - see the side-by-side comparison. Napoleón vs Nápoles
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.