polizón
[poliˈsõn]
The verdict
“polizón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,104 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,104
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona ociosa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polizón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poliˈsõn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “polizón” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
polizón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,104 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [poliˈsõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for polizón in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is polizón, spelled P-O-L-I-Z-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Persona ociosa.
- 2Persona que viaja clandestinamente y sin pagar pasaje en un vehículo, especialmente en un barco.
- 3Por extensión, animal que viaja accidentalmente acompañando a la carga principal.
- 4Armazón que, para dar vuelo a la falda, se llevaba en la parte lumbar de los vestidos de dama hacia fines del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX.
This word in other languages
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 “polizón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-O-L-I-Z-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [poliˈsõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.