cierran

/[ˈsjerãn]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,774

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

cierran is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cerrar o de cerrarse. Pronounced [ˈsjerãn]. It ranks #8,774 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cierta and cierre.

Key facts for cierran
PropertyValue
Headwordcierran
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈsjerãn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,774
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cierran is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsjerãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,774 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cerrar o de cerrarse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for cierran, with forms such as "ccierran", "ceirran", and "cieran". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "cierta", "cierre", "cierro", 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 cierran, spelled C-I-E-R-R-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cerrar o de cerrarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccierran,ceirran,cieran,cierarn,cierrann,cierrna,cireran,icerran,sierran

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cierran

Misspelling Variants of "cierran"

ccierran8ceirran7cieran6cierarn7cierrann8cierrna7cireran7icerran7
Misspelling Variants of "cierran"

Frequency rank: #8,774 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cierran"?
"cierran" is spelled C-I-E-R-R-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsjerãn].
What does "cierran" mean?
As a verb, "cierran" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cerrar o de cerrarse.
What words are commonly confused with "cierran"?
"cierran" is commonly confused with "cierta", "cierre", "cierro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cierran"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cierran" is [ˈsjerãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cierran" come from?
"cierran" 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.