sicofanta
[sikoˈfãn̪t̪a]
The verdict
“sicofanta” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que intenta ganar el favor de otra comportándose de forma zalamera y servil.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sicofanta · sicofanta · Spanish
sicofanta · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sicofanta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sikoˈfãn̪t̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sicofanta” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sicofanta is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [sikoˈfãn̪t̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sicofanta, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sicofanta, spelled S-I-C-O-F-A-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1Persona que intenta ganar el favor de otra comportándose de forma zalamera y servil.
- 2Delator o informante de la policía u otra autoridad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sicofanta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Por dicha el antiguo régimen Murió en este suelo ya; Bien que algunos sicofantas Lo quieren resucitar.
Se queja de las calumnias de sus émulos y sicofantas, y le encarga memorias para Horacio Pallavicini, Felipe Sidney y milord Attey.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.