civilization
/ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
The verdict
“civilization” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,170 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,170
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Civilización.
Corpus desk
Index ES-civilization · civilization · Spanish
civilization · rank #56,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,170
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH clarividencia
Nearest frequency peer: clarividencia (+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 “civilization”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chupito
chupito
43,836 corpus weight
- civilization
civilization
43,831 corpus weight
- clarividenc…
clarividencia
43,830 corpus weight
- Clementina
Clementina
43,829 corpus weight
- colaboraba
colaboraba
43,826 corpus weight
- colchas
colchas
43,825 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “civilization” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | civilization |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #56,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “civilization” en español
Rare enough to double-check
civilization is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,170 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Civilización.".
civilization doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 civilization, spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Civilización.
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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