shogún
[ʃoˈɣ̞ũn]
The verdict
“shogún” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Título del general que comandaba al ejército enviado a combatir a los emishi, quienes habitaban en el norte del Japón feudal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shogún |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃoˈɣ̞ũn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “shogún” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for shogún is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃoˈɣ̞ũn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Título del general que comandaba al ejército enviado a combatir a los emishi, quienes habitaban en el norte del Japón feudal.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for shogún, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is shogún, spelled S-H-O-G-Ú-N.
Definition
- 1Título del general que comandaba al ejército enviado a combatir a los emishi, quienes habitaban en el norte del Japón feudal.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “shogún”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-H-O-G-Ú-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʃoˈɣ̞ũn] (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.