tejón
[t̪eˈxõn]
The verdict
“tejón” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #55,967 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #55,967
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “tejón” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tejón is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪eˈxõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,967 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(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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Using “tejón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-J-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪eˈxõn] (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.