zanjón
[sãŋˈxõn]
The verdict
“zanjón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,808 among 220 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,808
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Canal, cauce o zanjo creado por el agua que corre.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zanjon · zanjón · Spanish
zanjón · rank #77,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,808
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH zoquete
Nearest frequency peer: zoquete (+2 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 “zanjón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Worms
Worms
22,203 corpus weight
- yeh
yeh
22,198 corpus weight
- yemeníes
yemeníes
22,197 corpus weight
- zanjón
zanjón
22,193 corpus weight
- zoquete
zoquete
22,191 corpus weight
- Émile
Émile
22,190 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “zanjón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zanjón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sãŋˈxõn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “zanjón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zanjón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,808 among 220 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sãŋˈxõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for zanjón in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is zanjón, spelled Z-A-N-J-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Canal, cauce o zanjo creado por el agua que corre.
- 2Cañón o precipicio en zonas de montaña.
- 3Autopista que se construye por debajo del nivel del resto de la superficie urbana.
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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