cigüeña
[siˈɣ̞weɲa]
The verdict
“cigüeña” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #34,495 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,495
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Familia Ciconiidae) Cualquiera de unas veinte especies de aves zancudas, de gran tamaño, que habitan la mayoría de las zonas templadas y cálidas del globo. Son aves de cuello y patas largas, con e...
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 | cigüeña |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siˈɣ̞weɲa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #34,495 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cigüeña” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cigüeña is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [siˈɣ̞weɲa]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,495 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cigüeña, with forms such as "ccigüeña", "cgiüeña", and "cigeüña". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ciruela", "caguen", "ceguera", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is cigüeña, spelled C-I-G-Ü-E-Ñ-A.
Definition
- 1(Familia Ciconiidae) Cualquiera de unas veinte especies de aves zancudas, de gran tamaño, que habitan la mayoría de las zonas templadas y cálidas del globo. Son aves de cuello y patas largas, con el pico robusto y vistoso, pesadas, con una gran envergadura de alas, los que los obliga a planear largamente durante las migraciones.
- 2Hierro sujeto a la cabeza de la campana, donde se asegura la cuerda para tocarla.
- 3Codo que tienen los tornos y otros instrumentos y máquinas en la prolongación del eje, por cuyo medio se les da con la mano movimiento rotatorio.
- 4Vagoneta utilizada por el personal que trabaja en las vías férreas para ir de un lugar a otro.
- 5Parte superficial de una bomba impelente de pistón, instalada en una perforación petrolera, que es utilizada para levantar mecánicamente el líquido del pozo cuando no hay suficiente presión en el yacimiento para que el líquido fluya hasta la superficie por sí solo como lo hace en los pozos surgentes.
- 6Instrumento de tortura, hecho de hierro, que sujetaba al condenado por el cuello, manos y tobillo, y lo sometía a una posición incómoda que provocaba calambres en los músculos rectales y abdominales, y a las pocas horas de todo el cuerpo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccigüeña,cgiüeña,cigeüña,ciggüeña,cigüeañ,cigüñea,ciügeña,icgüeña,sigüeña
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cigüeña - 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 “cigüeña”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-I-G-Ü-E-Ñ-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [siˈɣ̞weɲa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ciruela” - see the side-by-side comparison. cigüeña vs ciruela
- 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.