sistema

/[sisˈt̪ema]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#220

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

sistema is aSpanishnoun. It means: Conjunto de reglas, principios, ideas o cosas, que están unidas por un criterio común y tienen una finalidad determinada. Pronounced [sisˈt̪ema]. It ranks #220 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with system and sister.

Key facts for sistema
PropertyValue
Headwordsistema
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sisˈt̪ema]
Letters7
Frequency rank#220
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sistema is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sisˈt̪ema]. Corpus data places it at rank #220 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for sistema, with forms such as "cistema", "isstema", and "sisetma". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "system", "sister", "systems", and more, 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 sistema, spelled S-I-S-T-E-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunto de reglas, principios, ideas o cosas, que están unidas por un criterio común y tienen una finalidad determinada.
  2. 2
    Conjunto de órganos que cumplen una de las funciones básicas de un organismo vivo.
  3. 3
    Manera o forma de proceder para realizar cierta tarea o medio para hacerlo.
  4. 4
    Más concretamente, el formado por el aparato del Estado con todas sus instituciones y burocracia.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cistema,isstema,sisetma,sisstema,sisteam,sistemma,sistmea,sisttema,sitsema,ssistema,ssitema

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sistema

Misspelling Variants of "sistema"

cistema7isstema7sisetma7sisstema8sisteam7sistemma8sistmea7sisttema8
Misspelling Variants of "sistema"

Frequency rank: #220 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sistema"?
"sistema" is spelled S-I-S-T-E-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [sisˈt̪ema].
What does "sistema" mean?
As a noun, "sistema" means: Conjunto de reglas, principios, ideas o cosas, que están unidas por un criterio común y tienen una finalidad determinada.
What words are commonly confused with "sistema"?
"sistema" is commonly confused with "system", "sister", "systems". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sistema"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sistema" is [sisˈt̪ema]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sistema" come from?
"sistema" 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.