cigüeñal
[siɣ̞weˈɲal]
The verdict
“cigüeñal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,589 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,589
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eje acodado con contrapesos presente en ciertas máquinas que, aplicando el principio del mecanismo de biela-manivela, transforma el movimiento rectilíneo alternativo en circular uniforme y viceversa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ciguenal · cigüeñal · Spanish
cigüeñal · rank #72,589 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,589
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 77,812
- PHOTO-FINISH citrato
Nearest frequency peer: citrato (+2 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cigüeñal”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- celíacos
celíacos
27,419 corpus weight
- charanga
charanga
27,417 corpus weight
- Charola
Charola
27,416 corpus weight
- cigüeñal
cigüeñal
27,412 corpus weight
- citrato
citrato
27,410 corpus weight
- clausuraron
clausuraron
27,409 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cigüeñal” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cigüeñal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siɣ̞weˈɲal] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,589 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cigüeñal” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cigüeñal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,589 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [siɣ̞weˈɲal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eje acodado con contrapesos presente en ciertas máquinas que, aplicando el principio del mecanismo de biela-manivela, transforma el movimiento rectilíneo alternativo en circular uniforme y viceversa.".
cigüeñal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is cigüeñal, spelled C-I-G-Ü-E-Ñ-A-L.
Definition
- 1Eje acodado con contrapesos presente en ciertas máquinas que, aplicando el principio del mecanismo de biela-manivela, transforma el movimiento rectilíneo alternativo en circular uniforme y viceversa.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cigüeñal", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.