talón
[t̪aˈlõn]
The verdict
“talón” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #21,174 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,174
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parte posterior del pie con la que se pisa.
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 | talón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪aˈlõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,174 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “talón” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for talón is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪aˈlõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,174 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 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 talón, with forms such as "atlón", "tallón", and "talnó". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tan", "ton", "tano", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is talón, spelled T-A-L-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Parte posterior del pie con la que se pisa.
- 2Parte del calzado que cubre el calcañar.
- 3Sitio blando y flexible que tienen los cascos de las caballerías en la parte inferior y posterior.
- 4Parte del arco del violín y de otros instrumentos semejantes, inmediata al mango.
- 5Moldura sinuosa cuyo perfil se compone de dos arcos de círculo contrapuestos y unidos entre sí, y que terminan a escuadra con las rectas que limitan dicha moldura.
- 6Libranza a la vista, que consiste en una hoja cortada con tijera de un libro, de modo que, aplicándola al pedazo de la misma que queda cosida al libro, se acredite su legitimidad o falsedad.
- 7Documento o resguardo expedido en la misma forma.
- 8Corte oblicuo en la extremídad posterior de la quilla, que se ajusta a otro hecho en el chaflán anterior de la madre del timón.
- 9Trozo de código usado como sustituto de alguna otra funcionalidad, para simular el comportamiento de código existente (tal como un procedimiento en una máquina remota) o ser el sustituto temporal para un código aún no desarrollado.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atlón,tallón,talnó,talónn,taóln,tlaón,ttalón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of talón - 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 “talón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-A-L-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪aˈlõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tan” - see the side-by-side comparison. talón vs tan
- 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.