postillón
[post̪iˈʝõn]
The verdict
“postillón” 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) - Persona que va a caballo delante de los carruajes, de los caminantes o de las postas para servir de guía.
Corpus desk
Index ES-postillon · postillón · Spanish
postillón · 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 | postillón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [post̪iˈʝõn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “postillón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
postillón is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [post̪iˈʝõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Persona que va a caballo delante de los carruajes, de los caminantes o de las postas para servir de guía.".
postillón doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is postillón, spelled P-O-S-T-I-L-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Persona que va a caballo delante de los carruajes, de los caminantes o de las postas para servir de guía.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.