cíclope
[ˈsiklope]
The verdict
“cíclope” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #54,127 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #54,127
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cada uno de los gigantes que, según la mitología griega, eran hijos del Cielo y de la Tierra, y de los cuales se decía que tenían sólo un ojo en medio de la frente. Se les suponía ocupados en fabri...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cíclope |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsiklope] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,127 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cíclope” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cíclope is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsiklope]. Corpus data places it at rank #54,127 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cada uno de los gigantes que, según la mitología griega, eran hijos del Cielo y de la Tierra, y de los cuales se decía que tenían sólo un ojo en medio de la frente. Se les suponía ocupados en fabri...".
cíclope has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cíclope, spelled C-Í-C-L-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1Cada uno de los gigantes que, según la mitología griega, eran hijos del Cielo y de la Tierra, y de los cuales se decía que tenían sólo un ojo en medio de la frente. Se les suponía ocupados en fabricar rayos para Júpiter en la fragua de Vulcano, bajo el monte Etna.
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 “cíclope”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-Í-C-L-O-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsiklope] (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.