pontón
[põn̪ˈt̪õn]
The verdict
“pontón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,867 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,867
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Puente hechizo de un solo tablón o de unas cuantas maderas apoyadas en barquichuelos o flotadores.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ponton · pontón · Spanish
pontón · rank #64,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,867
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH Pompidou
Nearest frequency peer: Pompidou (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pontón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pleasure
pleasure
35,140 corpus weight
- polola
polola
35,136 corpus weight
- Pompidou
Pompidou
35,135 corpus weight
- pontón
pontón
35,134 corpus weight
- pray
pray
35,131 corpus weight
- precedencia
precedencia
35,130 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pontón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pontón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [põn̪ˈt̪õn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pontón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pontón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,867 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [põn̪ˈt̪õn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pontón, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 pontón, spelled P-O-N-T-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Puente hechizo de un solo tablón o de unas cuantas maderas apoyadas en barquichuelos o flotadores.
- 2Barco viejo que no se usa para navegar, sino que permanece atado para servir de almacén, oficinas, hospital y otros usos.
- 3Barco con la proa y la popa chatas, que se usa para dragar puertos, cruzar ríos o en la construcción de puentes.
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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