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
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Discreción y secreto con que se mueve o actúa alguno
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) |
Where “sigilo” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sigilo (IPA [siˈxilo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,756 among 34,953 “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
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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Using “sigilo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-I-G-I-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [siˈxilo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sigo” - see the side-by-side comparison. sigilo vs sigo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.