Español homophones
cien/sien
"cien" is a num; "sien" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "cien" arrives as a num, while "sien" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "cien" is 4 letters, "sien" is 4; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across cien, sien: ein. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
cien
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory cein · private c
sien
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory eins · private s
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "cien" when you mean: Diez veces diez.
- Write "sien" when you mean: Parte a cada lado del cráneo comprendida entre la oreja, la mejilla y el ojo.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.