cimiento
[siˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“cimiento” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,077 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,077
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parte de un edificio que se encuentra bajo la tierra.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cimiento |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siˈmjẽn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,077 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cimiento” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cimiento is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,077 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [siˈmjẽn̪t̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cimiento, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 cimiento, spelled C-I-M-I-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Parte de un edificio que se encuentra bajo la tierra.
- 2Raíz o fundamento de alguna cosa.
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); 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 “cimiento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-I-M-I-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [siˈmjẽn̪t̪o] (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.