timón

/[t̪iˈmõn]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,701

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

timón is aSpanishnoun. It means: 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... Pronounced [t̪iˈmõn]. Often confused with tío and tin.

Key facts for timón
PropertyValue
Headwordtimón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪iˈmõn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,701
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of timón in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for timón is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for timón, with forms such as "itmón", "timmón", and "timnó". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is timón, spelled T-I-M-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 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.
  2. 2
    El 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.
  3. 3
    Pieza del arado que une las partes funcionales del apero con el tiro y permite que sea arrastrado.
  4. 4
    Volante del automóvil.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: itmón,timmón,timnó,timónn,tiómn,tmión,ttimón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for timón

Misspelling Variants of "timón"

itmón5timmón6timnó5timónn6tiómn5tmión5ttimón6
Misspelling Variants of "timón"

Frequency rank: #18,701 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "timón"?
"timón" is spelled T-I-M-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪iˈmõn].
What does "timón" mean?
As a noun, "timón" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "timón"?
"timón" is commonly confused with "tío", "tin", "ton". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "timón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "timón" is [t̪iˈmõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "timón" come from?
"timón" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.