silicio
[siˈlisjo]
The verdict
“silicio” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #29,845 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,845
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - El silicio es un elemento químico no metálico situado en el grupo 14 de la tabla periódica de los elementos formando parte de la familia de los carbonoideos. Es el segundo elemento más abundante en...
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 | silicio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siˈlisjo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #29,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “silicio” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for silicio is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [siˈlisjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #29,845 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "El silicio es un elemento químico no metálico situado en el grupo 14 de la tabla periódica de los elementos formando parte de la familia de los carbonoideos. Es el segundo elemento más abundante en...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for silicio, with forms such as "cilicio", "islicio", and "siilcio". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Silvio", "silicon", "solicito", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is silicio, spelled S-I-L-I-C-I-O.
Definition
- 1El silicio es un elemento químico no metálico situado en el grupo 14 de la tabla periódica de los elementos formando parte de la familia de los carbonoideos. Es el segundo elemento más abundante en la corteza terrestre (27,7% en peso) después del oxígeno.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cilicio,islicio,siilcio,silciio,siliccio,silicoi,siliico,silisio,sillicio,sliicio,ssilicio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of silicio - 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 “silicio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-I-L-I-C-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [siˈlisjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Silvio” - see the side-by-side comparison. silicio vs Silvio
- 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.