cipayo
[siˈpaʝo]
The verdict
“cipayo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,234 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,234
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soldado nativo de las Indias Orientales, al servicio de una potencia europea colonial.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cipayo · cipayo · Spanish
cipayo · rank #98,234 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,234
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH circulaciones
Nearest frequency peer: circulaciones (+1 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cipayo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chupara
chupara
1,771 corpus weight
- Churruca
Churruca
1,770 corpus weight
- ciegan
ciegan
1,769 corpus weight
- cipayo
cipayo
1,767 corpus weight
- circulacion…
circulaciones
1,766 corpus weight
- cisterciens…
cistercienses
1,765 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cipayo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cipayo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siˈpaʝo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,234 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cipayo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cipayo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,234 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [siˈpaʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cipayo, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cipayo, spelled C-I-P-A-Y-O.
Definition
- 1Soldado nativo de las Indias Orientales, al servicio de una potencia europea colonial.
- 2Partidario de un poder extranjero en desmedro de los intereses de su propio país o grupo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cipayo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En efecto, por cuanto espurio, el kirchnerismo estaba todavía anclado al universo nacional-popular. Era una costilla peronista. ¡Nada que ver con los "cipayos" en el gobierno! No por casualidad el círculo de fidelísimos del papa estaba colmado de kirchneristas.
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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