siguen
[ˈsiɣ̞ẽn]
The verdict
“siguen” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #952 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #952
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de seguir.
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 | siguen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈsiɣ̞ẽn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “siguen” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for siguen is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsiɣ̞ẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #952 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de seguir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for siguen, with forms such as "ciguen", "isguen", and "sgiuen". 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, "siguió", "sirven", "sigues", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is siguen, spelled S-I-G-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de seguir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ciguen,isguen,sgiuen,sigeun,sigguen,siguenn,sigune,siugen,ssiguen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of siguen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “siguen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-I-G-U-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsiɣ̞ẽn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “siguió” - see the side-by-side comparison. siguen vs siguió
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.