circular

/[siɾkuˈlaɾ]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,311

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

circular is anSpanishadj. It means: Que tiene forma de círculo o que pertenece al círculo. Pronounced [siɾkuˈlaɾ]. It ranks #4,311 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with círculo and círculos.

Key facts for circular
PropertyValue
Headwordcircular
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[siɾkuˈlaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,311
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for circular is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [siɾkuˈlaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,311 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 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 circular, with forms such as "ccircular", "cicrular", and "circcular". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "círculo", "círculos", "circulen", 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 circular, spelled C-I-R-C-U-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que tiene forma de círculo o que pertenece al círculo.
  2. 2
    Que no tiene fin en virtud de que comienza donde termina.
  3. 3
    Razonamiento en que se utiliza una premisa que es equivalente a la conclusión o que puede ser derivada de la conclusión.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccircular,cicrular,circcular,circluar,circualr,circularr,circullar,circulra,cirrcular,ciruclar,cricular,icrcular,sircular

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for circular

Misspelling Variants of "circular"

ccircular9cicrular8circcular9circluar8circualr8circularr9circullar9circulra8
Misspelling Variants of "circular"

Frequency rank: #4,311 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "circular"?
"circular" is spelled C-I-R-C-U-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [siɾkuˈlaɾ].
What does "circular" mean?
As an adj, "circular" means: Que tiene forma de círculo o que pertenece al círculo.
What words are commonly confused with "circular"?
"circular" is commonly confused with "círculo", "círculos", "circulen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "circular"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "circular" is [siɾkuˈlaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "circular" come from?
"circular" 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.