siempre

/[ˈsjẽmpɾe]/ adv

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#87

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

siempre is anSpanishadv. It means: Se dice de una acción que ocurre en cualquiera o en todo el tiempo. Pronounced [ˈsjẽmpɾe]. It ranks #87 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with simple and siembra.

Key facts for siempre
PropertyValue
Headwordsiempre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdv
IPA[ˈsjẽmpɾe]
Letters7
Frequency rank#87
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of siempre in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for siempre is 7 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsjẽmpɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #87 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se dice de una acción que ocurre en cualquiera o en todo el tiempo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for siempre, with forms such as "ciempre", "isempre", and "seimpre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "simple", "siembra", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is siempre, spelled S-I-E-M-P-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dice de una acción que ocurre en cualquiera o en todo el tiempo.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ciempre,isempre,seimpre,siemmpre,siemper,siemppre,siemprre,siemrpe,siepmre,simepre,ssiempre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for siempre

Misspelling Variants of "siempre"

ciempre7isempre7seimpre7siemmpre8siemper7siemppre8siemprre8siemrpe7
Misspelling Variants of "siempre"

Frequency rank: #87 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "siempre"?
"siempre" is spelled S-I-E-M-P-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsjẽmpɾe].
What does "siempre" mean?
As an adv, "siempre" means: Se dice de una acción que ocurre en cualquiera o en todo el tiempo.
What words are commonly confused with "siempre"?
"siempre" is commonly confused with "simple", "siembra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "siempre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "siempre" is [ˈsjẽmpɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "siempre" come from?
"siempre" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.