tejón
[t̪eˈxõn]
The verdict
“tejón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,967 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,967
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (subfamilias Melinae, Mellivorinae, Taxidinae) Cualquiera de varias especies de mamíferos mustélidos, de cuerpo robusto, patas cortas y largo hocico, con denso pelaje listado. Construyen madriguera...
Corpus desk
Index ES-tejon · tejón · Spanish
tejón · rank #55,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,967
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tapizado
Nearest frequency peer: tapizado (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “tejón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- séptico
séptico
44,040 corpus weight
- tapizado
tapizado
44,035 corpus weight
- tejón
tejón
44,034 corpus weight
- tientas
tientas
44,031 corpus weight
- tiernamente
tiernamente
44,030 corpus weight
- tildó
tildó
44,029 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tejón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tejón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪eˈxõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tejón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tejón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,967 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪eˈxõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(subfamilias Melinae, Mellivorinae, Taxidinae) Cualquiera de varias especies de mamíferos mustélidos, de cuerpo robusto, patas cortas y largo hocico, con denso pelaje listado. Construyen madriguera...".
tejón doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 tejón, spelled T-E-J-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1(subfamilias Melinae, Mellivorinae, Taxidinae) Cualquiera de varias especies de mamíferos mustélidos, de cuerpo robusto, patas cortas y largo hocico, con denso pelaje listado. Construyen madrigueras subterráneas y son excelentes cazadores, alimentándose de pequeños mamíferos, aves, reptiles e insectos además de raíces
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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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