cifran
[ˈsifɾãn]
The verdict
“cifran” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,096 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,096
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cifrar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cifran · cifran · Spanish
cifran · rank #70,096 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,096
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cicuta
Nearest frequency peer: cicuta (-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 “cifran”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chotos
chotos
29,909 corpus weight
- cian
cian
29,907 corpus weight
- cicuta
cicuta
29,906 corpus weight
- cifran
cifran
29,905 corpus weight
- ciática
ciática
29,904 corpus weight
- coaches
coaches
29,900 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cifran” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cifran |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈsifɾãn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cifran” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cifran is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,096 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈsifɾãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cifrar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cifran, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 cifran, spelled C-I-F-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cifrar.
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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