sigilo
[siˈxilo]
The verdict
“sigilo” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #35,756. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,756
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discreción y secreto con que se mueve o actúa alguno
Corpus desk
Index ES-sigilo · sigilo · Spanish
sigilo · rank #35,756 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,756
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH silbato
Nearest frequency peer: silbato (+1 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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “sigilo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- seréis
seréis
64,251 corpus weight
- seu
seu
64,250 corpus weight
- sigilo
sigilo
64,245 corpus weight
- silbato
silbato
64,244 corpus weight
- simplificada
simplificada
64,242 corpus weight
- ski
ski
64,241 corpus weight
What this shows “sigilo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | sigilo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siˈxilo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #35,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “sigilo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sigilo (IPA [siˈxilo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,756 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sigilo, with forms such as "cigilo", "isgilo", and "sgiilo". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "sigo", "silo", "sitio", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is sigilo, spelled S-I-G-I-L-O.
Definition
- 1Discreción y secreto con que se mueve o actúa alguno
- 2Discreción y secreto con que se trata un asunto confidencial
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sigilo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Luego habló con el comisario como lo hubiera hecho con un subalterno. Le ordenó que sortearan todas las instancias para que el entierro se hiciera esa misma tarde y con el mayor sigilo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cigilo
- isgilo
- sgiilo
- siggilo
- sigillo
- sigiol
- siglio
- siiglo
- ssigilo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sigilo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sigilo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).