cigüeña negra
[siˈɣ̞weɲa ˈneɣ̞ɾa]
The verdict
“cigüeña negra” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Ciconia nigra) Ave ciconiforme de hábitos migratorios, que habita zonas templadas de Europa Oriental, África y Asia. Recibe su nombre del color negro metálico de su plumaje, uniformemente tal salv...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cigüeña negra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [siˈɣ̞weɲa ˈneɣ̞ɾa] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cigüeña negra” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cigüeña negra is 13 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [siˈɣ̞weɲa ˈneɣ̞ɾa]. 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 nigra) Ave ciconiforme de hábitos migratorios, que habita zonas templadas de Europa Oriental, África y Asia. Recibe su nombre del color negro metálico de su plumaje, uniformemente tal salv...".
cigüeña negra doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 cigüeña negra, spelled C-I-G-Ü-E-Ñ-A- -N-E-G-R-A.
Definition
- 1(Ciconia nigra) Ave ciconiforme de hábitos migratorios, que habita zonas templadas de Europa Oriental, África y Asia. Recibe su nombre del color negro metálico de su plumaje, uniformemente tal salvo en el vientre; las patas y el pico son rojos. Alcanza un metro de longitud y hasta 1,80 m de envergadura de alas. Habita humedales preferentemente, aunque también se la encuentra en zonas boscosas ricas en arroyos. Migran hacia el sur en invierno, pasando la temporada fría en Nigeria los ejemplares que habitanen Europa, y en el sur de China los del Lejano Oriente.
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 negra”
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- -N-E-G-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [siˈɣ̞weɲa ˈneɣ̞ɾa] (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.