circunspección
[siɾkũnspekˈsjõn]
The verdict
“circunspección” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Atención, prudencia y precaución.
Corpus desk
Index ES-circunspeccion · circunspección · Spanish
circunspección · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | circunspección |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siɾkũnspekˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “circunspección” en español
Rare enough to double-check
circunspección is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [siɾkũnspekˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for circunspección, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is circunspección, spelled C-I-R-C-U-N-S-P-E-C-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Atención, prudencia y precaución.
- 2Seriedad, decoro y gravedad en acciones y palabras.
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.