siglo

/[ˈsiɣ̞lo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#618

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

siglo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Período de cien años. Pronounced [ˈsiɣ̞lo]. It ranks #618 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sólo and sino.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for siglo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsiɣ̞lo]. Corpus data places it at rank #618 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for siglo, with forms such as "ciglo", "isglo", and "sgilo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sólo", "sino", "sigo", and more, 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 siglo, spelled S-I-G-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ciglo,isglo,sgilo,sigglo,sigllo,sigol,silgo,ssiglo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for siglo

Misspelling Variants of "siglo"

ciglo5isglo5sgilo5sigglo6sigllo6sigol5silgo5ssiglo6
Misspelling Variants of "siglo"

Frequency rank: #618 in Spanish

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?
"siglo" 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.