cizaña

[siˈsaɲa]

/[siˈsaɲa]/ noun

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The verdict

“cizaña” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,146 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,146
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...

Corpus desk

Index ES-cizana · cizaña · Spanish

cizaña · rank #50,146 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,146
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH coletas

Nearest frequency peer: coletas (+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 “cizaña”

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 “cizaña” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cizaña
PropertyValue
Headwordcizaña
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[siˈsaɲa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,146
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “cizaña” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.cizañacae 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: “coletas” (#50,147), “chinguen” (#50,144), “comamos” (#50,148). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cizaña” va en #50,146. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cizaña is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,146 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [siˈsaɲa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

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. 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.
  2. 2
    Vicio que se mezcla entre las buenas acciones o costumbres.
  3. 3
    Cualquier cosa que hace daño a otra, maleándola o echándola a perder.
  4. 4
    Disensión o enemistad, usado generalmente con los verbos meter y sembrar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cizaña appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Hay gente del jet set, un cuadro de Monet Una marca de champaña y cabernet, está Ortega está Gasset No es por meter cizaña pero en mi lista no hay reset Te lo digo tête a tête

Synonyms

ballicocizañar

This word in other languages

darnel(English)ivraie enivrante(Français)joio(Português)

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 "cizaña"?
"cizaña" is spelled C-I-Z-A-Ñ-A. The IPA pronunciation is [siˈsaɲa].
What does "cizaña" mean?
As a noun, "cizaña" means: (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...
How do you pronounce "cizaña"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cizaña" is [siˈsaɲa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list