Ceuta

[ˈθeu̯ta]

/[ˈθeu̯ta]/ name

The verdict

“Ceuta” is uncommon German (frequency #62,282 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,282
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - autonome spanische Exklave an der marokkanischen Küste

Corpus desk

Index DE-ceuta · Ceuta · German

Ceuta · rank #62,282 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,282
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Catwalk

Nearest frequency peer: Catwalk (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ceuta“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ceuta“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ceuta
PropertyValue
HeadwordCeuta
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈθeu̯ta]
Letters5
Frequency rank#62,282
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ceuta“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Ceutafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Catwalk“ (#62,281), „changing“ (#62,284), „cant“ (#62,279). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Ceuta“ bei #62,282. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ceuta is uncommon German at frequency #62,282 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈθeu̯ta]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "autonome spanische Exklave an der marokkanischen Küste".

Ceuta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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. The correct German form is Ceuta, spelled C-E-U-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    autonome spanische Exklave an der marokkanischen Küste

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Die spanischen Exklaven Ceuta und Melilla liegen in Afrika, gehören aber zu Europa.

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ceuta"?
"Ceuta" is spelled C-E-U-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈθeu̯ta].
What does "Ceuta" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ceuta" means: autonome spanische Exklave an der marokkanischen Küste
How do you pronounce "Ceuta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ceuta" is [ˈθeu̯ta]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ceuta" come from?
"Ceuta" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ceuta", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list