siguiente

/[siˈɣ̞jẽn̪t̪e]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#389

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

siguiente is anSpanishadj. It means: Que está, va o acontece inmediatamente a continuación o después. Pronounced [siˈɣ̞jẽn̪t̪e]. It ranks #389 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with sirviente and siguientes.

Key facts for siguiente
PropertyValue
Headwordsiguiente
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[siˈɣ̞jẽn̪t̪e]
Letters9
Frequency rank#389
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for siguiente is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [siˈɣ̞jẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #389 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que está, va o acontece inmediatamente a continuación o después.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for siguiente, with forms such as "ciguiente", "isguiente", and "sgiuiente". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sirviente", "siguientes", "siguiendo", 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 siguiente, spelled S-I-G-U-I-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que está, va o acontece inmediatamente a continuación o después.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ciguiente,isguiente,sgiuiente,sigguiente,sigiuente,sigueinte,siguienet,siguiennte,siguientte,siguietne,siguinete,siugiente,ssiguiente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for siguiente

Misspelling Variants of "siguiente"

ciguiente9isguiente9sgiuiente9sigguiente10sigiuente9sigueinte9siguienet9siguiennte10
Misspelling Variants of "siguiente"

Frequency rank: #389 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "siguiente"?
"siguiente" is spelled S-I-G-U-I-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [siˈɣ̞jẽn̪t̪e].
What does "siguiente" mean?
As an adj, "siguiente" means: Que está, va o acontece inmediatamente a continuación o después.
What words are commonly confused with "siguiente"?
"siguiente" is commonly confused with "sirviente", "siguientes", "siguiendo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "siguiente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "siguiente" is [siˈɣ̞jẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "siguiente" come from?
"siguiente" 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.