razón

/[raˈsõn]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#356

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

razón is aSpanishnoun. It means: La facultad de la mente humana mediante la cual se distingue de la inteligencia de otros animales. La razón abarca a la concepción, juicio, razonamiento y la facultad intuitiva. Específicamente, es... Pronounced [raˈsõn]. It ranks #356 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ron and rezo.

Key facts for razón
PropertyValue
Headwordrazón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[raˈsõn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#356
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for razón is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [raˈsõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #356 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for razón, with forms such as "arzón", "raznó", and "razzón". 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, "ron", "rezo", "rizo", 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 razón, spelled R-A-Z-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    La facultad de la mente humana mediante la cual se distingue de la inteligencia de otros animales. La razón abarca a la concepción, juicio, razonamiento y la facultad intuitiva. Específicamente, es la facultad intuitiva, o la facultad de verdades primeras, en distinción al entendimiento, la que se llama facultad discursiva o raciocinativa.
  2. 2
    Debido ejercicio de la facultad de pensar y sacar conclusiones.
  3. 3
    Pensamiento o consideración ofrecida como soporte de una determinación u opinión.
  4. 4
    Base justa para una conclusión o acción.
  5. 5
    Aquello que se ofrece o se acepta como explicación.
  6. 6
    Causa eficiente de una ocurrencia o fenómeno.
  7. 7
    Juicio intelectual apropiado.
  8. 8
    Deducción clara y justa desde principios ciertos.
  9. 9
    Aquello que es dictado o soportado por el sentido común de la humanidad.
  10. 10
    Equidad en el intercambio o en las compraventas.
  11. 11
    Justicia o rectitud en el procedimiento.
  12. 12
    Proporción.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: arzón,raznó,razzón,razónn,raózn,rrazón,rzaón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for razón

Misspelling Variants of "razón"

arzón5raznó5razzón6razónn6raózn5rrazón6rzaón5
Misspelling Variants of "razón"

Frequency rank: #356 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "razón"?
"razón" is spelled R-A-Z-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [raˈsõn].
What does "razón" mean?
As a noun, "razón" means: La facultad de la mente humana mediante la cual se distingue de la inteligencia de otros animales. La razón abarca a la concepción, juicio, razonamiento y la facultad intuitiva. Específicamente, es...
What words are commonly confused with "razón"?
"razón" is commonly confused with "ron", "rezo", "rizo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "razón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "razón" is [raˈsõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "razón" come from?
"razón" 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.