zarcillo
[saɾˈsiʝo]
The verdict
“zarcillo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Órgano delgado, largo y flexible que protubera del tallo o pecíolo de algunas plantas, permitiéndoles asirse a otros cuerpos y trepar por ellos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zarcillo · zarcillo · Spanish
zarcillo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zarcillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [saɾˈsiʝo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “zarcillo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zarcillo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [saɾˈsiʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zarcillo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is zarcillo, spelled Z-A-R-C-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Órgano delgado, largo y flexible que protubera del tallo o pecíolo de algunas plantas, permitiéndoles asirse a otros cuerpos y trepar por ellos.
- 2Adorno, por lo común circular, que se pone en el lóbulo de la oreja.
- 3Marca de la oreja del ganado, hecha de forma que cuelgue un trozo de ella.
- 4Aro de cuba.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.