Plutón

/[pluˈt̪õn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,059

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

Plutón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Planeta enano del sistema solar, su órbita se encuentra después de la del planeta Neptuno. Debe su nombre al dios del averno de la mitología romana (Hades para los griegos). El nombre de su satélit... Pronounced [pluˈt̪õn]. Often confused with puto and putos.

Key facts for Plutón
PropertyValue
HeadwordPlutón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pluˈt̪õn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,059
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Plutón is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pluˈt̪õn]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,059 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.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 Plutón, with forms such as "lputón", "pllutón", and "pltuón". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "puto", "putos", "portón", 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 Plutón, spelled P-L-U-T-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Planeta enano del sistema solar, su órbita se encuentra después de la del planeta Neptuno. Debe su nombre al dios del averno de la mitología romana (Hades para los griegos). El nombre de su satélite, Caronte, deriva del barquero que atravesaba la laguna Estigia para llevar a los muertos a su morada.
  2. 2
    Dios del averno (infierno) de la mitología romana, equivalente a Hades para los griegos. Caronte era el barquero que atravesaba la laguna Estigia para llevar los muertos a su última morada. Para que las almas no escaparan, eran custodiadas por el Cancerbero.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lputón,pllutón,pltuón,plutnó,pluttón,plutónn,pluótn,pplutón,pultón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Plutón

Misspelling Variants of "Plutón"

lputón6pllutón7pltuón6plutnó6pluttón7plutónn7pluótn6pplutón7
Misspelling Variants of "Plutón"

Frequency rank: #31,059 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Plutón"?
"Plutón" is spelled P-L-U-T-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pluˈt̪õn].
What does "Plutón" mean?
As a noun, "Plutón" means: Planeta enano del sistema solar, su órbita se encuentra después de la del planeta Neptuno. Debe su nombre al dios del averno de la mitología romana (Hades para los griegos). El nombre de su satélit...
What words are commonly confused with "Plutón"?
"Plutón" is commonly confused with "puto", "putos", "portón". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Plutón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Plutón" is [pluˈt̪õn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Plutón" come from?
"Plutón" 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.