cigüeña americana
[siˈɣ̞weɲa ameɾiˈkana]
The verdict
“cigüeña americana” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Ciconia maguari) Cigüeña nativa de América del Sur, de gran tamaño, alcanzando los 130 cm de largo. Muestra poco dimorfismo sexual, siendo de color blanco, con la cabeza, el cuello y el pecho con ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cigüeña americana |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [siˈɣ̞weɲa ameɾiˈkana] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cigüeña americana” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cigüeña americana is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [siˈɣ̞weɲa ameɾiˈkana]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Ciconia maguari) Cigüeña nativa de América del Sur, de gran tamaño, alcanzando los 130 cm de largo. Muestra poco dimorfismo sexual, siendo de color blanco, con la cabeza, el cuello y el pecho con ...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cigüeña americana in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cigüeña americana, spelled C-I-G-Ü-E-Ñ-A- -A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1(Ciconia maguari) Cigüeña nativa de América del Sur, de gran tamaño, alcanzando los 130 cm de largo. Muestra poco dimorfismo sexual, siendo de color blanco, con la cabeza, el cuello y el pecho con reflejos grises, y los extremos del ala y la cola negras. Es gregaria, formando bandadas no muy numerosas. Habita regiones de lagunas o marjales en zonas tropicales y subtropicales de América.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cigüeña americana”
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- -A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [siˈɣ̞weɲa ameɾiˈkana] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.