razón
[raˈsõn]
The verdict
“razón” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #356 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #356
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | razón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [raˈsõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “razón” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for razón is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for razón, with forms such as "arzón", "raznó", and "razzón". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ron", "rezo", "rizo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 razón, spelled R-A-Z-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1La 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.
- 2Debido ejercicio de la facultad de pensar y sacar conclusiones.
- 3Pensamiento o consideración ofrecida como soporte de una determinación u opinión.
- 4Base justa para una conclusión o acción.
- 5Aquello que se ofrece o se acepta como explicación.
- 6Causa eficiente de una ocurrencia o fenómeno.
- 7Juicio intelectual apropiado.
- 8Deducción clara y justa desde principios ciertos.
- 9Aquello que es dictado o soportado por el sentido común de la humanidad.
- 10Equidad en el intercambio o en las compraventas.
- 11Justicia o rectitud en el procedimiento.
- 12Proporción.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: arzón,raznó,razzón,razónn,raózn,rrazón,rzaón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of razón - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “razón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-A-Z-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [raˈsõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ron” - see the side-by-side comparison. razón vs ron
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.