sintagma
[sĩn̪ˈt̪aɣ̞ma]
The verdict
“sintagma” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,560 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,560
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tratado que describe sistemáticamente una doctrina.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sintagma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sĩn̪ˈt̪aɣ̞ma] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sintagma” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sintagma is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,560 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sĩn̪ˈt̪aɣ̞ma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
sintagma has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is sintagma, spelled S-I-N-T-A-G-M-A.
Definition
- 1Tratado que describe sistemáticamente una doctrina.
- 2Formación de 256 soldados que representaba la dieciseisava parte de una falange.
- 3Conjunto de palabras que cumple una función sintáctica determinada dentro de una frase.
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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 “sintagma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-I-N-T-A-G-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sĩn̪ˈt̪aɣ̞ma] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.