Which to use
“siglo” is a noun and “siguió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #618
- “siglo” frequency rank
- #2,905
- “siguió” frequency rank
- 3523
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | siglo | siguió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Período de cien años. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de seguir. |
Where the eye mixes siglo and siguió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses siglo with siguió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: siglo is [ˈsiɣ̞lo] while siguió is [siˈɣ̞jo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3523, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
siglo is recorded at frequency rank #618, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈsiɣ̞lo]. siguió is at rank #2,905, tagged as averb, pronounced [siˈɣ̞jo].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 3523, this pair ranks #318,125 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of siglo vs siguió
Shared letters: gis. Private to "siglo": lo. Private to "siguió": uó.
"siglo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "siguió" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- siglo ← ciglo · isglo · sgilo · sigglo · sigllo · sigol · silgo · ssiglo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "siglo" and "siguió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "siglo" or "siguió" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "siglo" and "siguió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "siglo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "siguió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #318,125 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "siglo" and "siguió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "siglo vs sila". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #318,125 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.