pentatlón
[pẽn̪t̪aˈt̪lõn]
The verdict
“pentatlón” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Competición atlética de la antigua Grecia que constaba de cinco pruebas: carrera, lucha, salto de longitud, lanzamiento de jabalina y lanzamiento de disco.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pentatlon · pentatlón · Spanish
pentatlón · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pentatlón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pẽn̪t̪aˈt̪lõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pentatlón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pentatlón is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pẽn̪t̪aˈt̪lõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
pentatlón has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is pentatlón, spelled P-E-N-T-A-T-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Competición atlética de la antigua Grecia que constaba de cinco pruebas: carrera, lucha, salto de longitud, lanzamiento de jabalina y lanzamiento de disco.
- 2Competición atlética que consta de cinco pruebas que deben realizarse en un solo día: tiro con pistola, esgrima, natación, salto ecuestre de obstáculos y carrera a campo traviesa.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.