cigarrillo
[siɣ̞aˈriʝo]
The verdict
“cigarrillo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #11,922 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,922
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cilindro de tabaco picado u otro narcótico, envuelto en hojas o papel, que se enciende para inhalar su humo
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 | cigarrillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siɣ̞aˈriʝo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #11,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cigarrillo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cigarrillo is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [siɣ̞aˈriʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,922 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cilindro de tabaco picado u otro narcótico, envuelto en hojas o papel, que se enciende para inhalar su humo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cigarrillo, with forms such as "ccigarrillo", "cgiarrillo", and "ciagrrillo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cigarrillos", "Carrillo", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cigarrillo, spelled C-I-G-A-R-R-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Cilindro de tabaco picado u otro narcótico, envuelto en hojas o papel, que se enciende para inhalar su humo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccigarrillo,cgiarrillo,ciagrrillo,cigarillo,cigarirllo,cigarrilo,cigarrilol,cigarrlilo,ciggarrillo,cigrarillo,icgarrillo,sigarrillo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cigarrillo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “cigarrillo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-I-G-A-R-R-I-L-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [siɣ̞aˈriʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cigarrillos” - see the side-by-side comparison. cigarrillo vs cigarrillos
- 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.