circunflejo
[siɾkũɱˈflexo]
The verdict
“circunflejo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Signo diacrítico (^) formado por dos líneas oblicua unidas en sus extremos superiores. Se emplea sobre letras del alfabeto latino, particularmente vocales, en la escritura de idiomas como el francés.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | circunflejo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siɾkũɱˈflexo] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “circunflejo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
circunflejo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [siɾkũɱˈflexo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
circunflejo has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is circunflejo, spelled C-I-R-C-U-N-F-L-E-J-O.
Definition
- 1Signo diacrítico (^) formado por dos líneas oblicua unidas en sus extremos superiores. Se emplea sobre letras del alfabeto latino, particularmente vocales, en la escritura de idiomas como el francés.
- 2Simbolo matemático. Por ejemplo en la transformada de Fourier: ̂f(fcon techo)
- 3Signo de oclusión.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “circunflejo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-I-R-C-U-N-F-L-E-J-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [siɾkũɱˈflexo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.