jigsaw
/ˈdʒɪgˌsɔ/
The verdict
“jigsaw” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,038 among 7,810 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,038
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,810
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sierra de calar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jigsaw |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdʒɪgˌsɔ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jigsaw” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
jigsaw is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,038 among 7,810 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdʒɪgˌsɔ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
jigsaw doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 jigsaw, spelled J-I-G-S-A-W.
Definition
- 1Sierra de calar.
- 2Sierra de vaivén, caladora.
- 3Rompecabezas, puzle.
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 “jigsaw”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-I-G-S-A-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.