vigilia
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#17,315
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
10
tracked variants
Confusables
10
similar word pairs
vigilia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Estar despierto. Pronounced [biˈxilja]. Often confused with viviría and Virginia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vigilia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [biˈxilja] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,315 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for vigilia is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [biˈxilja]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,315 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vigilia, with forms such as "bigilia", "ivgilia", and "vgiilia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "viviría", "Virginia", "Virgilio", 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 vigilia, spelled V-I-G-I-L-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Estar despierto.
- 2Trabajo u ocupación intelectual nocturna.
- 3Obra o trabajo realizado durante la noche.
- 4Día previo a un suceso y que lo consecuencia.
- 5Víspera a una celebración eclesiástica.
- 6Oficio que se reza durante las vísperas a una celebración eclesiástica.
- 7Rezos en favor de difuntos.
- 8Falta de descanso.
- 9Imposibilidad crónica para dormir.
- 10Dificultad para conciliar el sueño.
- 11Divisiones de la noche en distintos periodos para patrullar.
- 12Abstinencia de carne en la dieta.
- 13Día en que por culto se prohíbe comer carne.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bigilia,ivgilia,vgiilia,viggilia,vigiila,vigilai,vigillia,vigliia,viiglia,vvigilia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vigilia
Misspelling Variants of "vigilia"
Frequency rank: #17,315 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
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