siempre
[ˈsjẽmpɾe]
The verdict
“siempre” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #87 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #87
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dice de una acción que ocurre en cualquiera o en todo el tiempo.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | siempre |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈsjẽmpɾe] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “siempre” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for siempre is 7 letters long, classified as an adverb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for siempre, with forms such as "ciempre", "isempre", and "seimpre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is siempre, spelled S-I-E-M-P-R-E.
Definition
- 1Se dice de una acción que ocurre en cualquiera o en todo el tiempo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ciempre,isempre,seimpre,siemmpre,siemper,siemppre,siemprre,siemrpe,siepmre,simepre,ssiempre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of siempre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “siempre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-I-E-M-P-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsjẽmpɾe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “simple” - see the side-by-side comparison. siempre vs simple
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.