sui generis
[ˈswi ˈʃeneɾis]
The verdict
“sui generis” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De su propio género.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sui-generis · sui generis · Spanish
sui generis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | sui generis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈswi ˈʃeneɾis] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sui generis” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sui generis is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈswi ˈʃeneɾis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De su propio género.".
sui generis has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is sui generis, spelled S-U-I- -G-E-N-E-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1De su propio género.
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.