ciencia

/[ˈsjẽnsja]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,135

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

ciencia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Conocimiento estructurado y sistemático en algún campo del saber. Pronounced [ˈsjẽnsja]. It ranks #1,135 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Cuenca and crecía.

Key facts for ciencia
PropertyValue
Headwordciencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsjẽnsja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,135
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ciencia is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsjẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,135 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for ciencia, with forms such as "cciencia", "ceincia", and "ciecnia". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Cuenca", "crecía", "ciencias", 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 ciencia, spelled C-I-E-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conocimiento estructurado y sistemático en algún campo del saber.
  2. 2
    En particular, aquel que emplea el método científico.
  3. 3
    Rama, campo o disciplina con un objeto específico dentro de la ciencia₁
  4. 4
    En particular, aquellas que tratan de objetos lógicos o naturales, por contraposición a los sociales.
  5. 5
    Conjunto de habilidades y destrezas necesarios para una tarea.
  6. 6
    Acción y efecto de conocer.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cciencia,ceincia,ciecnia,ciencai,cienccia,cienica,cienncia,cinecia,icencia,siensia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ciencia

Misspelling Variants of "ciencia"

cciencia8ceincia7ciecnia7ciencai7cienccia8cienica7cienncia8cinecia7
Misspelling Variants of "ciencia"

Frequency rank: #1,135 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ciencia"?
"ciencia" is spelled C-I-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsjẽnsja].
What does "ciencia" mean?
As a noun, "ciencia" means: Conocimiento estructurado y sistemático en algún campo del saber.
What words are commonly confused with "ciencia"?
"ciencia" is commonly confused with "Cuenca", "crecía", "ciencias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ciencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ciencia" is [ˈsjẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ciencia" come from?
"ciencia" 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.