ciervo
[ˈsjeɾβ̞o]
The verdict
“ciervo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #19,953 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,953
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mamífero rumiante con cornamentas y pezuñas partidas en dos de la familia Cérvidos (Cervidae), o alguno de los animales similares del orden Artiodáctilos (Artiodactyla).
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ciervo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsjeɾβ̞o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ciervo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ciervo is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsjeɾβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,953 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mamífero rumiante con cornamentas y pezuñas partidas en dos de la familia Cérvidos (Cervidae), o alguno de los animales similares del orden Artiodáctilos (Artiodactyla).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ciervo, with forms such as "cciervo", "ceirvo", and "cierbo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ciro", "circo", "cuero", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is ciervo, spelled C-I-E-R-V-O.
Definition
- 1Mamífero rumiante con cornamentas y pezuñas partidas en dos de la familia Cérvidos (Cervidae), o alguno de los animales similares del orden Artiodáctilos (Artiodactyla).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cciervo,ceirvo,cierbo,cierov,cierrvo,ciervvo,cievro,cirevo,icervo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ciervo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “ciervo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-I-E-R-V-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsjeɾβ̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ciro” - see the side-by-side comparison. ciervo vs Ciro
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.