semicírculo
[semiˈsiɾkulo]
The verdict
“semicírculo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,413 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,413
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mitad de un círculo (dividido por uno de sus diámetros).
Corpus desk
Index ES-semicirculo · semicírculo · Spanish
semicírculo · rank #63,413 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,413
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH selvática
Nearest frequency peer: selvática (-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 “semicírculo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- santoral
santoral
36,594 corpus weight
- satoshi
satoshi
36,592 corpus weight
- secunda
secunda
36,590 corpus weight
- selvática
selvática
36,589 corpus weight
- semicírculo
semicírculo
36,588 corpus weight
- seremi
seremi
36,586 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “semicírculo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | semicírculo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [semiˈsiɾkulo] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “semicírculo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
semicírculo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,413 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [semiˈsiɾkulo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mitad de un círculo (dividido por uno de sus diámetros).".
semicírculo has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is semicírculo, spelled S-E-M-I-C-Í-R-C-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Mitad de un círculo (dividido por uno de sus diámetros).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how semicírculo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Las tropas que mandan Blake, Llamas, Castaños y Palafox, colocadas y extendidas desde el Ebro hasta Burgos, forman un gran semicírculo. Vienen los franceses: el semicírculo se cierra convirtiéndose en círculo, y aquí me tienen Vds. a mi emperador cogido en una ratonera.
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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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