timón
[t̪iˈmõn]
The verdict
“timón” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #18,701 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,701
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Máquina compuesta de varias piezas de madera formando un conjunto aplanado, que se coloca verticalmente en el codaste de las embarcaciones, asegurándola por medio de machos de bronce o hierro que e...
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 | timón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪iˈmõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,701 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “timón” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for timón is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪iˈmõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,701 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 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 timón, with forms such as "itmón", "timmón", and "timnó". 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, "tío", "tin", "ton", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 timón, spelled T-I-M-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Máquina compuesta de varias piezas de madera formando un conjunto aplanado, que se coloca verticalmente en el codaste de las embarcaciones, asegurándola por medio de machos de bronce o hierro que encajan en otras tantas hembras que hay en él. Sirve el timón manejado, por la caña que se hace firme a su extremo superior o cabeza, para dar a la nave siempre que camina o está aproada a una corriente, todos los movimientos giratorios que son necesarios. En los buques de hierro se compone el timón de planchas del mismo material; y en las embarcaciones menores se reduce a una tabla; en muchas de estas suelen estar los machos clavados en el codaste.
- 2El giro o la acción misma de esta máquina, la situación de su plano con respecto al longitudinal de la quilla, o la parte de superficie de este mismo plano considerada en proyección sobre el imaginario perpendicular a la quilla, en cualquier ángulo que forme con esta.
- 3Pieza del arado que une las partes funcionales del apero con el tiro y permite que sea arrastrado.
- 4Volante del automóvil.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: itmón,timmón,timnó,timónn,tiómn,tmión,ttimón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of timón - 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 “timón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-I-M-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪iˈmõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tío” - see the side-by-side comparison. timón vs tío
- 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.