siècle

[sjɛkl]

/[sjɛkl]/ noun

The verdict

“siècle” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,321 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,321
frequency rank, Spanish
34,953
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Siglo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-siecle · siècle · Spanish

siècle · rank #88,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,321
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 34,953
  • PHOTO-FINISH sirviese

Nearest frequency peer: sirviese (-2 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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “siècle”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “siècle” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for siècle
PropertyValue
Headwordsiècle
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sjɛkl]
Letters6
Frequency rank#88,321
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “siècle” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). siècle lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

siècle is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,321 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sjɛkl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Siglo.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for siècle, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is siècle, spelled S-I-È-C-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Siglo.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "siècle"?
"siècle" is spelled S-I-È-C-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [sjɛkl].
What does "siècle" mean?
As a noun, "siècle" means: Siglo.
How do you pronounce "siècle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "siècle" is [sjɛkl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "siècle" come from?
"siècle" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list