Español homophones
Cea/sea/Zea
"Cea" is a name; "sea" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #6 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "Cea" arrives as a name, while "sea" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "Cea" is 3 letters, "sea" is 3; only the sound ties them.
- No shared spelling stem: "Cea" is 3 letters, "Zea" is 3; only the sound ties them.
- No shared spelling stem: "sea" is 3 letters, "Zea" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across Cea, sea, Zea: ae. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
Cea
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory ace · private c
sea
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory aes · private s
Zea
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory aez · private z
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "Cea" when you mean: Apellido.
- Write "sea" when you mean: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de ser.
- Write "Zea" when you mean: Apellido.