siclo

noun

The verdict

“siclo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unidade de medida de peso referida na Bíblia e correspondente a 11,4 gramas

Corpus desk

Index PT-siclo · siclo · Portuguese

siclo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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.

Key facts for siclo
PropertyValue
Headwordsiclo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “siclo” em português

siclonão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

siclo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unidade de medida de peso referida na Bíblia e correspondente a 11,4 gramas".

No generated misspelling entries exist for siclo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is siclo, spelled S-I-C-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    unidade de medida de peso referida na Bíblia e correspondente a 11,4 gramas

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how siclo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 1 siclo = 2 becas = 20 gerahs

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "siclo"?
"siclo" is spelled S-I-C-L-O.
What does "siclo" mean?
As a noun, "siclo" means: unidade de medida de peso referida na Bíblia e correspondente a 11,4 gramas
What language does "siclo" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list