perdón

/[peɾˈð̞õn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,357

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

perdón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o resultado de perdonar. Pronounced [peɾˈð̞õn]. It ranks #1,357 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pero and perro.

Key facts for perdón
PropertyValue
Headwordperdón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[peɾˈð̞õn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,357
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of perdón in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for perdón is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peɾˈð̞õn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,357 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for perdón, with forms such as "eprdón", "pedrón", and "perddón". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pero", "perro", "pezón", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is perdón, spelled P-E-R-D-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o resultado de perdonar.
  2. 2
    Disposición a liberar de la culpa o el castigo por ofensas recibidas.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprdón,pedrón,perddón,perdnó,perdónn,perrdón,peródn,pperdón,predón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for perdón

Misspelling Variants of "perdón"

eprdón6pedrón6perddón7perdnó6perdónn7perrdón7peródn6pperdón7
Misspelling Variants of "perdón"

Frequency rank: #1,357 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perdón"?
"perdón" is spelled P-E-R-D-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾˈð̞õn].
What does "perdón" mean?
As a noun, "perdón" means: Acción o resultado de perdonar.
What words are commonly confused with "perdón"?
"perdón" is commonly confused with "pero", "perro", "pezón". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perdón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perdón" is [peɾˈð̞õn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perdón" come from?
"perdón" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.