salmón

/[salˈmõn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,700

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

salmón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Salmo spp., en especial Salmo salar. Pez de la familia de los salmónidos, carnívoro y vigoroso, de cuerpo fusiforme, piel plateada moteada de negro y carne de delicado color rosado, muy apreciado e... Pronounced [salˈmõn]. Often confused with salvo and salón.

Key facts for salmón
PropertyValue
Headwordsalmón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[salˈmõn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,700
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for salmón is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [salˈmõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,700 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for salmón, with forms such as "aslmón", "sallmón", and "salmmón". 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, "salvo", "salón", "Salto", 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 salmón, spelled S-A-L-M-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Salmo spp., en especial Salmo salar. Pez de la familia de los salmónidos, carnívoro y vigoroso, de cuerpo fusiforme, piel plateada moteada de negro y carne de delicado color rosado, muy apreciado en gastronomía.
  2. 2
    Color de la carne del mismo, entre el rosa y el anaranjado.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aslmón,sallmón,salmmón,salmnó,salmónn,salómn,samlón,slamón,ssalmón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for salmón

Misspelling Variants of "salmón"

aslmón6sallmón7salmmón7salmnó6salmónn7salómn6samlón6slamón6
Misspelling Variants of "salmón"

Frequency rank: #16,700 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "salmón"?
"salmón" is spelled S-A-L-M-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [salˈmõn].
What does "salmón" mean?
As a noun, "salmón" means: Salmo spp., en especial Salmo salar. Pez de la familia de los salmónidos, carnívoro y vigoroso, de cuerpo fusiforme, piel plateada moteada de negro y carne de delicado color rosado, muy apreciado e...
What words are commonly confused with "salmón"?
"salmón" is commonly confused with "salvo", "salón", "Salto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "salmón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "salmón" is [salˈmõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "salmón" come from?
"salmón" 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.