por cierto
[poɾ ˈsjeɾt̪o]
The verdict
“por cierto” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se usa para cambiar de tema o introducir uno nuevo relacionado con el anterior.
Corpus desk
Index ES-por-cierto · por cierto · Spanish
por cierto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | por cierto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [poɾ ˈsjeɾt̪o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “por cierto” en español
Rare enough to double-check
por cierto is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [poɾ ˈsjeɾt̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se usa para cambiar de tema o introducir uno nuevo relacionado con el anterior.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for por cierto, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is por cierto, spelled P-O-R- -C-I-E-R-T-O.
Definition
- 1Se usa para cambiar de tema o introducir uno nuevo relacionado con el anterior.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.