cieno
[ˈsjeno]
The verdict
“cieno” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,611 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,611
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mezcla de tierra y agua, en especial aquella que se produce en un bajío con agua estancada.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cieno · cieno · Spanish
cieno · rank #87,611 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,611
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cinque
Nearest frequency peer: cinque (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cieno”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chape
chape
12,394 corpus weight
- chispita
chispita
12,392 corpus weight
- cieno
cieno
12,390 corpus weight
- cinque
cinque
12,389 corpus weight
- cistitis
cistitis
12,387 corpus weight
- claim
claim
12,386 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cieno” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cieno |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsjeno] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cieno” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cieno is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,611 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsjeno]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
cieno has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cieno, spelled C-I-E-N-O.
Definition
- 1Mezcla de tierra y agua, en especial aquella que se produce en un bajío con agua estancada.
- 2Lodo blando que forma depósito en ríos, y sobre todo en lagunas o en sitios bajos y húmedos.
- 3Figuradamente, bajeza o villanía moral.
This word in other languages
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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