silepsis
[siˈlepsis]
The verdict
“silepsis” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - El uso de una palabra o expresión para realizar dos funciones sintácticas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-silepsis · silepsis · Spanish
silepsis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | silepsis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siˈlepsis] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “silepsis” en español
Rare enough to double-check
silepsis is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [siˈlepsis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for silepsis in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is silepsis, spelled S-I-L-E-P-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1El uso de una palabra o expresión para realizar dos funciones sintácticas.
- 2Empleo de una palabra simultáneamente en sentido literal y metafórico.
- 3Emplear en la misma oración dos o más palabras que no coinciden en número o en género.
- 4Embarazo, preñez.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how silepsis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Su obra comprendió esculpir un busto, varios retratos y uno que otro dibujo al carbón.
No tengo plata para comprar plata.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.