circundan
[siɾˈkũn̪d̪ãn]
The verdict
“circundan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,969 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,969
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de circundar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-circundan · circundan · Spanish
circundan · rank #65,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,969
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH citen
Nearest frequency peer: citen (+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 “circundan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chuta
chuta
34,037 corpus weight
- ciempiés
ciempiés
34,035 corpus weight
- cimentar
cimentar
34,034 corpus weight
- circundan
circundan
34,032 corpus weight
- citen
citen
34,031 corpus weight
- clarividente
clarividente
34,029 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “circundan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | circundan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [siɾˈkũn̪d̪ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,969 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “circundan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
circundan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,969 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [siɾˈkũn̪d̪ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de circundar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for circundan, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is circundan, spelled C-I-R-C-U-N-D-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de circundar.
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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