sigma
Letters
5 characters
Frequency Rank
#36,291
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
8
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
sigma is aSpanishnoun. It means: Parte del intestino grueso que, en el hombre, continúa después del colon descendente, a la altura de la pelvis y es seguido por el recto. En esta parte los gases se acumulan para ser luego expulsad... Pronounced [ˈsiɣ̞ma]. Often confused with sim and sigo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sigma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsiɣ̞ma] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #36,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sigma is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsiɣ̞ma]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,291 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 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 sigma, with forms such as "cigma", "isgma", and "sgima". 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, "sim", "sigo", "suma", 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 sigma, spelled S-I-G-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Parte del intestino grueso que, en el hombre, continúa después del colon descendente, a la altura de la pelvis y es seguido por el recto. En esta parte los gases se acumulan para ser luego expulsados sin interferir con las heces.
- 2Letra del alfabeto griego (Σσ), equivalente a la 's'.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cigma,isgma,sgima,sigam,siggma,sigmma,simga,ssigma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sigma
Misspelling Variants of "sigma"
Frequency rank: #36,291 in Spanish
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