Cecilia
/sɪˈsiːli.ə/
"cecilia" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cecilia” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,873. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,873
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Latin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cecilia · Cecilia · English
Cecilia · rank #20,873 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,873
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH ceases
Nearest frequency peer: ceases (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Cecilia”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Cambodian
Cambodian
79,132 corpus weight
- Cassandra
Cassandra
79,130 corpus weight
- ceases
ceases
79,129 corpus weight
- Cecilia
Cecilia
79,128 corpus weight
- cessation
cessation
79,126 corpus weight
- Charlottesv…
Charlottesville
79,125 corpus weight
What this shows “Cecilia” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cecilia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /sɪˈsiːli.ə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #20,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Cecilia”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Cecilia (IPA /sɪˈsiːli.ə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,873 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from Latin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cecilia, with forms such as "ccecilia", "cceilia", and "ceccilia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Celia", "cilia", "Cecily", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Caecilia, feminine form of Caecilius, a Roman family name possibly derived from the byname caecus (“blind”). Popularized by Saint Cecilia, third century Roman martyr, the patron saint of music. Doublet of Sheila. The correct English form is Cecilia, spelled C-E-C-I-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Latin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Cecilia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hark how the flutes and trumpets raise / At bright Cecilia's name, their lays!
‘Sissy is not a name,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Don’t call yourself Sissy. Call yourself Cecilia.’ ‘It’s father as calls me Sissy, sir,’ returned the young girl in a trembling voice, and with another curtsey. ‘Then he has no business to do it,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Tell him he mustn’t. Cecilia Jupe. Let me see. What is your father?’
Etymology
From Latin Caecilia, feminine form of Caecilius, a Roman family name possibly derived from the byname caecus (“blind”). Popularized by Saint Cecilia, third century Roman martyr, the patron saint of music. Doublet of Sheila.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccecilia
- cceilia
- ceccilia
- ceciila
- cecilai
- cecillia
- cecliia
- ceiclia
- eccilia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cecilia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).