cierzo
[ˈsjeɾso]
The verdict
“cierzo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,344 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,344
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Viento de componente noroeste. En Aragón y en la Ribera de Navarra es un fuerte viento fresco y seco originado en el valle del Ebro, debido a la diferencia de presión entre el Mar Cantábrico y el M...
Corpus desk
Index ES-cierzo · cierzo · Spanish
cierzo · rank #99,344 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,344
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH chora
Nearest frequency peer: chora (-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 “cierzo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chocara
chocara
659 corpus weight
- chora
chora
658 corpus weight
- cierzo
cierzo
657 corpus weight
- cimentado
cimentado
656 corpus weight
- clasificaría
clasificaría
654 corpus weight
- clasifiquen
clasifiquen
653 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cierzo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cierzo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsjeɾso] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #99,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cierzo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cierzo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,344 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsjeɾso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Viento de componente noroeste. En Aragón y en la Ribera de Navarra es un fuerte viento fresco y seco originado en el valle del Ebro, debido a la diferencia de presión entre el Mar Cantábrico y el M...".
cierzo has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is cierzo, spelled C-I-E-R-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Viento de componente noroeste. En Aragón y en la Ribera de Navarra es un fuerte viento fresco y seco originado en el valle del Ebro, debido a la diferencia de presión entre el Mar Cantábrico y el Mar Mediterráneo, cuando se forma una borrasca en este último y un anticiclón en el anterior.
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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