cebada
[seˈβ̞að̞a]
The verdict
“cebada” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #18,763 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #18,763
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Hordeum vulgare) Planta anual, herbácea, de la familia de las gramíneas, extensamente cultivada para la alimentación del hombre y los animales. Es más rústico que otros cereales, aún que el centen...
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 | cebada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [seˈβ̞að̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #18,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cebada” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cebada is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈβ̞að̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,763 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Hordeum vulgare) Planta anual, herbácea, de la familia de las gramíneas, extensamente cultivada para la alimentación del hombre y los animales. Es más rústico que otros cereales, aún que el centen...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cebada, with forms such as "cbeada", "ccebada", and "ceabda". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ceda", "celda", "cerda", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is cebada, spelled C-E-B-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1(Hordeum vulgare) Planta anual, herbácea, de la familia de las gramíneas, extensamente cultivada para la alimentación del hombre y los animales. Es más rústico que otros cereales, aún que el centeno; tiene el tallo cilíndrico, de hasta 2m de altura, con hojas lineales, e inflorescencias en espigas formadas por espiguillas uniformes y grano aguzado en los extremos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cbeada,ccebada,ceabda,cebaad,cebadda,cebbada,cebdaa,cevada,ecbada,sebada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cebada - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “cebada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-E-B-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [seˈβ̞að̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ceda” - see the side-by-side comparison. cebada vs ceda
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.