ciclo

/[ˈsiklo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,763

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ciclo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Periodo de tiempo con unas características comunes, en contraposición al periodo anterior o posterior, que tendrá unas características diferentes. Pronounced [ˈsiklo]. It ranks #2,763 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cio and culo.

Key facts for ciclo
PropertyValue
Headwordciclo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsiklo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,763
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ciclo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsiklo]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,763 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for ciclo, with forms such as "cciclo", "ccilo", and "cicclo". 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, "cio", "culo", "coco", 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 ciclo, spelled C-I-C-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Periodo de tiempo con unas características comunes, en contraposición al periodo anterior o posterior, que tendrá unas características diferentes.
  2. 2
    Bicicleta.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cciclo,ccilo,cicclo,cicllo,cicol,cilco,icclo,siclo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ciclo

Misspelling Variants of "ciclo"

cciclo6ccilo5cicclo6cicllo6cicol5cilco5icclo5siclo5
Misspelling Variants of "ciclo"

Frequency rank: #2,763 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ciclo"?
"ciclo" is spelled C-I-C-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsiklo].
What does "ciclo" mean?
As a noun, "ciclo" means: Periodo de tiempo con unas características comunes, en contraposición al periodo anterior o posterior, que tendrá unas características diferentes.
What words are commonly confused with "ciclo"?
"ciclo" is commonly confused with "cio", "culo", "coco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ciclo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ciclo" is [ˈsiklo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ciclo" come from?
"ciclo" 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.