uigur
[wiˈɣ̞uɾ]
The verdict
“uigur” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,500 among 4,148 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,500
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,148
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Propio de o relativo a una etnia túrquica del Asia Central, hoy una de las cincuentena de etnias que conforman la población de China.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uigur |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [wiˈɣ̞uɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “uigur” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
uigur is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,500 among 4,148 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [wiˈɣ̞uɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propio de o relativo a una etnia túrquica del Asia Central, hoy una de las cincuentena de etnias que conforman la población de China.".
uigur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is uigur, spelled U-I-G-U-R.
Definition
- 1Propio de o relativo a una etnia túrquica del Asia Central, hoy una de las cincuentena de etnias que conforman la población de China.
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); 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 “uigur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is U-I-G-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.