ceba
[ˈseβ̞a]
The verdict
“ceba” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #49,502. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,502
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alimentación abundante y esmerada que para que engorde se da al ganado, especialmente al que es comido por el ser humano.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ceba · ceba · Spanish
ceba · rank #49,502 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,502
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cavernícola
Nearest frequency peer: cavernícola (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “ceba”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- catarro
catarro
50,502 corpus weight
- catre
catre
50,501 corpus weight
- cavernícola
cavernícola
50,500 corpus weight
- ceba
ceba
50,499 corpus weight
- cederá
cederá
50,498 corpus weight
- champ
champ
50,497 corpus weight
What this shows “ceba” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | ceba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈseβ̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #49,502 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ceba”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around ceba (IPA [ˈseβ̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,502 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ceba, with forms such as "cbea", "cceba", and "ceab". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ceo", "cha", "cel", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ceba, spelled C-E-B-A.
Definition
- 1Alimentación abundante y esmerada que para que engorde se da al ganado, especialmente al que es comido por el ser humano.
- 2Acción de alimentar los hornos con el combustible necesario.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cbea
- cceba
- ceab
- cebba
- ceva
- ecba
- seba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ceba - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ceba", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).