xenón
[seˈnõn]
The verdict
“xenón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,543 among 813 “X” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,543
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 813
- “X” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Es un elemento químico de la tabla periódica cuyo símbolo es Xe y su número atómico el 54. Gas noble inodoro, muy pesado, incoloro, el xenón está presente en la atmósfera terrestre sólo en trazas y...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | xenón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [seˈnõn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “xenón” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
xenón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,543 among 813 “X” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [seˈnõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Es un elemento químico de la tabla periódica cuyo símbolo es Xe y su número atómico el 54. Gas noble inodoro, muy pesado, incoloro, el xenón está presente en la atmósfera terrestre sólo en trazas y...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for xenón in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is xenón, spelled X-E-N-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Es un elemento químico de la tabla periódica cuyo símbolo es Xe y su número atómico el 54. Gas noble inodoro, muy pesado, incoloro, el xenón está presente en la atmósfera terrestre sólo en trazas y fue parte del primer compuesto de gas noble sintetizado.
This word in other languages
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 “xenón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is X-E-N-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [seˈnõn] (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.