ron
[ˈrõn]
The verdict
“ron” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,230) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #6,230
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bebida alcohólica obtenida de la fermentación y destilación de la melaza de caña de azúcar, a la que opcionalmente se envejece en barricas de madera.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ron · ron · Spanish
ron · rank #6,230 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,230
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Roger
Nearest frequency peer: Roger (-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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “ron”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- resultar
resultar
93,774 corpus weight
- robaron
robaron
93,773 corpus weight
- Roger
Roger
93,772 corpus weight
- ron
ron
93,771 corpus weight
- sabéis
sabéis
93,769 corpus weight
- secundario
secundario
93,768 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “ron” against nearest ranked Spanish headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | ron |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈrõn] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #6,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “ron” en la frecuencia del español
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ron is neighbouring look-alikes ("rr", "ru", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈrõn]. Frequency #6,230 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Gloss: "Bebida alcohólica obtenida de la fermentación y destilación de la melaza de caña de azúcar, a la que opcionalmente se envejece en barricas de madera.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ron in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rr", "ru", "Rx", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is ron, spelled R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Bebida alcohólica obtenida de la fermentación y destilación de la melaza de caña de azúcar, a la que opcionalmente se envejece en barricas de madera.
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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