cicatriz
[sikaˈt̪ɾis]
The verdict
“cicatriz” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,533. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,533
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Marca permanente en la piel, normalmente causada por la curación de una herida.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cicatriz |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sikaˈt̪ɾis] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,533 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cicatriz” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around cicatriz (IPA [sikaˈt̪ɾis]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,533 among 77,812 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for cicatriz, with forms such as "cciatriz", "ccicatriz", and "ciactriz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cicatriz, spelled C-I-C-A-T-R-I-Z.
Definition
- 1Marca permanente en la piel, normalmente causada por la curación de una herida.
- 2Marca espiritual que queda tras una pena, desilusión...
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cciatriz
- ccicatriz
- ciactriz
- cicartiz
- cicatirz
- cicatrizz
- cicatrriz
- cicatrzi
- cicattriz
- ciccatriz
- cictariz
- iccatriz
- sicatriz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cicatriz - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “cicatriz”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-I-C-A-T-R-I-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sikaˈt̪ɾis] (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.