cirios

[ˈsiɾjos]

/[ˈsiɾjos]/ noun

The verdict

“cirios” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,406 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,406
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de cirio.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cirios · cirios · Spanish

cirios · rank #61,406 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,406
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH circuit

Nearest frequency peer: circuit (-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 “cirios”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cirios” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cirios
PropertyValue
Headwordcirios
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsiɾjos]
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,406
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cirios” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).cirioscae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “circuit” (#61,405), “citología” (#61,407), “Cintia” (#61,404). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cirios” va en #61,406. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cirios is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,406 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsiɾjos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de cirio.".

cirios doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cirios, spelled C-I-R-I-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de cirio.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cirios"?
"cirios" is spelled C-I-R-I-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsiɾjos].
What does "cirios" mean?
As a noun, "cirios" means: Forma del plural de cirio.
How do you pronounce "cirios"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cirios" is [ˈsiɾjos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cirios" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cirios", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list