siècle
[sjɛkl]
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)
- Sifuentes
Sifuentes
11,686 corpus weight
- simplex
simplex
11,684 corpus weight
- sirviese
sirviese
11,682 corpus weight
- siècle
siècle
11,680 corpus weight
- slope
slope
11,677 corpus weight
- sobrevenido
sobrevenido
11,674 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | siècle |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sjɛkl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “siècle” sits in Spanish frequency
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
- 1Siglo.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.