cinturón

/[sĩn̪t̪uˈɾõn]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,273

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

cinturón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tira de tela o cuero que, ceñida a la cintura, sirve para sujetar el pantalón, para ajustar un vestido o para colgar utensilios o armas. Pronounced [sĩn̪t̪uˈɾõn]. It ranks #6,273 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with citaron and contaron.

Key facts for cinturón
PropertyValue
Headwordcinturón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sĩn̪t̪uˈɾõn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,273
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cinturón in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cinturón is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sĩn̪t̪uˈɾõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,273 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for cinturón, with forms such as "ccinturón", "cinnturón", and "cintruón". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "citaron", "contaron", "cinturones", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cinturón, spelled C-I-N-T-U-R-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tira de tela o cuero que, ceñida a la cintura, sirve para sujetar el pantalón, para ajustar un vestido o para colgar utensilios o armas.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, cosa o serie de ellas que circundan a otra
  3. 3
    En especial, zona fabril o residencial que rodea el núcleo de una población
  4. 4
    Avenida o carretera que rodea una población
  5. 5
    Grado que se otorga a los practicantes en algunas artes marciales, y que se distingue por el color del cinturón₁ que este viste
  6. 6
    Zona blindada, desde la cubierta hasta justo debajo de la línea de flotación, que llevan algunos buques de guerra

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccinturón,cinnturón,cintruón,cintturón,cinturnó,cinturrón,cinturónn,cintuórn,cinutrón,citnurón,cniturón,icnturón,sinturón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cinturón

Misspelling Variants of "cinturón"

ccinturón9cinnturón9cintruón8cintturón9cinturnó8cinturrón9cinturónn9cintuórn8
Misspelling Variants of "cinturón"

Frequency rank: #6,273 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cinturón"?
"cinturón" is spelled C-I-N-T-U-R-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [sĩn̪t̪uˈɾõn].
What does "cinturón" mean?
As a noun, "cinturón" means: Tira de tela o cuero que, ceñida a la cintura, sirve para sujetar el pantalón, para ajustar un vestido o para colgar utensilios o armas.
What words are commonly confused with "cinturón"?
"cinturón" is commonly confused with "citaron", "contaron", "cinturones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cinturón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cinturón" is [sĩn̪t̪uˈɾõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cinturón" come from?
"cinturón" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.