cigomático
[siɣ̞oˈmat̪iko]
The verdict
“cigomático” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne a la mejilla o al pómulo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cigomatico · cigomático · Spanish
cigomático · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cigomático |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [siɣ̞oˈmat̪iko] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cigomático” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cigomático is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [siɣ̞oˈmat̪iko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que pertenece o concierne a la mejilla o al pómulo.".
cigomático doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cigomático, spelled C-I-G-O-M-Á-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Que pertenece o concierne a la mejilla o al pómulo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cigomático appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Los pómulos están bien desarrollados y forman parte de las fosas orbitaria y temporal, y uniéndose, como se ha dicho, a una apófisis del temporal constituyen el arco cigomático; pero en muchos mamíferos el tabique de separación de aquellas dos fosas es incompleto, por dejar de articularse los pómulos con el frontal».
«Anatómicamente estas relaciones (son dos, derecha e izquierda) tienen dos grados de libertad de movimientos y se clasifican del tipo condilea; la cavidad articular se corresponde con la cavidad glenoidea del hueso temporal (fossa mandibularis) y el tubérculo cigomático o cóndilo temporal (tuberculum articulara) lo que determina una formación cóncavo-conv…
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.