salazón
[salaˈsõn]
The verdict
“salazón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,390 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,390
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción de salar alimentos como carne y pescado siguiendo un método que permite preservarlos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | salazón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [salaˈsõn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “salazón” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
salazón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,390 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [salaˈsõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for salazón, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is salazón, spelled S-A-L-A-Z-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Acción de salar alimentos como carne y pescado siguiendo un método que permite preservarlos.
- 2Conjunto de alimentos preparados de esta forma.
- 3Industria y oficio de preparar y comerciar con salazones₂.
- 4Revés prolongado de la suerte.
Synonyms
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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Using “salazón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-A-L-A-Z-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [salaˈsõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.