Belcebú

/[belseˈβ̞u]/ name

The verdict

“Belcebú” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #84,623 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#84,623
frequency rank, Spanish
7
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Según la Biblia, demonio considerado como jefe de los espíritus del Mal.

Key facts for Belcebú
PropertyValue
HeadwordBelcebú
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[belseˈβ̞u]
Letters7
Frequency rank#84,623
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Belcebú” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Belcebú lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Belcebú is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [belseˈβ̞u]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,623 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Según la Biblia, demonio considerado como jefe de los espíritus del Mal.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Belcebú in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Belcebú, spelled B-E-L-C-E-B-Ú, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Según la Biblia, demonio considerado como jefe de los espíritus del Mal.

Synonyms

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Belcebú"?
"Belcebú" is spelled B-E-L-C-E-B-Ú. The IPA pronunciation is [belseˈβ̞u].
What does "Belcebú" mean?
As a proper noun, "Belcebú" means: Según la Biblia, demonio considerado como jefe de los espíritus del Mal.
How do you pronounce "Belcebú"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Belcebú" is [belseˈβ̞u]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Belcebú" come from?
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Using “Belcebú”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is B-E-L-C-E-B-Ú - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [belseˈβ̞u] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list