pantalón
[pãn̪t̪aˈlõn]
The verdict
“pantalón” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,034. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,034
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prenda de vestir que tipicamente cubre desde la cintura hasta los tobillos, pero que puede ser más corto, y en que cada pierna está envuelta por separado.
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 | pantalón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pãn̪t̪aˈlõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pantalón” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around pantalón (IPA [pãn̪t̪aˈlõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,034 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for pantalón, with forms such as "apntalón", "panatlón", and "panntalón". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "pantano", "panteón", "pantanos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is pantalón, spelled P-A-N-T-A-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Prenda de vestir que tipicamente cubre desde la cintura hasta los tobillos, pero que puede ser más corto, y en que cada pierna está envuelta por separado.
- 2Prenda interior del traje de la mujer, más ancha y corta que el pantalón de los hombres.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apntalón
- panatlón
- panntalón
- pantallón
- pantalnó
- pantalónn
- pantaóln
- pantlaón
- panttalón
- patnalón
- pnatalón
- ppantalón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pantalón - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “pantalón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-N-T-A-L-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pãn̪t̪aˈlõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pantano” - see the side-by-side comparison. pantalón vs pantano
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.