siglo

[ˈsiɣ̞lo]

/[ˈsiɣ̞lo]/ noun

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The verdict

“siglo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #618. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#618
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Período de cien años.

Corpus desk

Index ES-siglo · siglo · Spanish

siglo · rank #618 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #618
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH producción

Nearest frequency peer: producción (-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 “siglo”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “siglo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

siglo vs sólo
60% similar
siglo vs sino
60% similar
siglo vs sigo
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for siglo
PropertyValue
Headwordsiglo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsiɣ̞lo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#618
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “siglo”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).siglocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “producción” (#617), “ustedes” (#619), “pena” (#616). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “siglo” va en #618. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around siglo (IPA [ˈsiɣ̞lo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #618 among 4,169 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for siglo, with forms such as "ciglo", "isglo", and "sgilo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sólo", "sino", "sigo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 siglo, spelled S-I-G-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Período de cien años.
  2. 2
    En particular, cada uno de los que se cuentan a partir de la fecha convencional de inicio del calendario.
  3. 3
    Por extensión, período muy largo de tiempo.
  4. 4
    Ámbito de la vida no religiosa.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how siglo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Una sociedad es, por naturaleza, diversa. Y la nuestra no es una excepción, por más que nos hayamos esforzado por más de un siglo en convencernos de que somos todos igualitos, confundiendo uniformidad con igualdad
  2. Creo que fue ahí, entre esa gente sencilla, que nació mi pasión por dedicar mi vida entera a aprender a escuchar, que afirmo es el más difícil de todos los oficios en este siglo XXI de 'revoluciones de la comunicación' que parecen tener más que ver con máquinas que con gente

Synonyms

centuriamundo

This word in other languages

century(English)siècle(Français)Jahrhundert(Deutsch)século(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ciglo
  • isglo
  • sgilo
  • sigglo
  • sigllo
  • sigol
  • silgo
  • ssiglo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of siglo - 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.

ciglo1isglo2sgilo2sigglo1sigllo1sigol2silgo2ssiglo1
Edit distance from "siglo"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "siglo"?
"siglo" is spelled S-I-G-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsiɣ̞lo].
What does "siglo" mean?
As a noun, "siglo" means: Período de cien años.
What words are commonly confused with "siglo"?
"siglo" is commonly confused with "sólo", "sino", "sigo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "siglo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "siglo" is [ˈsiɣ̞lo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "siglo" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "siglo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list