zigzag
[siɣ̞ˈsaɣ̞]
The verdict
“zigzag” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,647 among 220 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,647
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Línea que se desarrolla en su sentido con múltiples inflexiones en ángulos alternantes, entrantes y salientes.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zigzag · zigzag · Spanish
zigzag · rank #50,647 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,647
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH zamba
Nearest frequency peer: zamba (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “zigzag”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- wise
wise
49,360 corpus weight
- yucateca
yucateca
49,356 corpus weight
- zamba
zamba
49,355 corpus weight
- zigzag
zigzag
49,354 corpus weight
- Zuloaga
Zuloaga
49,353 corpus weight
- árida
árida
49,352 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “zigzag” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zigzag |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siɣ̞ˈsaɣ̞] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “zigzag” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zigzag is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,647 among 220 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [siɣ̞ˈsaɣ̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Línea que se desarrolla en su sentido con múltiples inflexiones en ángulos alternantes, entrantes y salientes.".
zigzag has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is zigzag, spelled Z-I-G-Z-A-G.
Definition
- 1Línea que se desarrolla en su sentido con múltiples inflexiones en ángulos alternantes, entrantes y salientes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zigzag appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zigzag, zigzag Zigzag, zigzag Zigzag, zigzag Zigzag, zigzag Te esquivo, te esquivo, te esquivo, te esquivo Te esquivo, te esquivo, te esquivo, te esquivo
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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