circunscribir
[siɾkũnskɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
The verdict
“circunscribir” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reducir a ciertos límites o términos algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-circunscribir · circunscribir · Spanish
circunscribir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | circunscribir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [siɾkũnskɾiˈβ̞iɾ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “circunscribir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
circunscribir is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [siɾkũnskɾiˈβ̞iɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for circunscribir, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is circunscribir, spelled C-I-R-C-U-N-S-C-R-I-B-I-R.
Definition
- 1Reducir a ciertos límites o términos algo.
- 2Formar una figura de modo que otra quede dentro de ella, tocando a todas las líneas o superficies que la limotan, o teniendo en ellas todos sus vértices.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how circunscribir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Pero no se circunscribe a mero cúmulo molecular: sus constituyentes están en relación y en función; nace, se nutre, se desarrolla, se reproduce, muere; experimenta poderosos y ciegos impulsos hacia la conservación de su individuo y de su especie; es un cuerpo organizado, viviente».
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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.