cizaña
[siˈsaɲa]
The verdict
“cizaña” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #50,146 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,146
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Lolium temulentum) Planta anual de la familia de las gramíneas, cuyas cañas crecen hasta más de un metro con hojas estrechas de veinte centímetros de largo y flores en espigas terminales comprimid...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cizaña |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siˈsaɲa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,146 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cizaña” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cizaña is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [siˈsaɲa]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,146 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cizaña, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cizaña, spelled C-I-Z-A-Ñ-A.
Definition
- 1(Lolium temulentum) Planta anual de la familia de las gramíneas, cuyas cañas crecen hasta más de un metro con hojas estrechas de veinte centímetros de largo y flores en espigas terminales comprimidas con aristas agudas. Crece espontáneamente en los sembrados y la harina de su semilla puede ser venenosa, a causa de la presencia de un hongo endófito.
- 2Vicio que se mezcla entre las buenas acciones o costumbres.
- 3Cualquier cosa que hace daño a otra, maleándola o echándola a perder.
- 4Disensión o enemistad, usado generalmente con los verbos meter y sembrar.
This word in other languages
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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Using “cizaña”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-I-Z-A-Ñ-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [siˈsaɲa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.