cebado
[seˈβ̞að̞o]
The verdict
“cebado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,084 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,084
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alimentado con cebo para su engorde.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cebado · cebado · Spanish
cebado · rank #59,084 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,084
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cedía
Nearest frequency peer: cedía (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cebado”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cazaba
cazaba
40,921 corpus weight
- Cañuelas
Cañuelas
40,919 corpus weight
- cebado
cebado
40,917 corpus weight
- cedía
cedía
40,916 corpus weight
- censados
censados
40,915 corpus weight
- ceñido
ceñido
40,913 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cebado” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cebado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [seˈβ̞að̞o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,084 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cebado” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cebado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,084 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [seˈβ̞að̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for cebado in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cebado, spelled C-E-B-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Alimentado con cebo para su engorde.
- 2Dicho de una fiera salvaje, que se ha habituado a atacar al hombre después de probar su carne.
- 3Dicho de mamíferos depredadores, que ya han gustado la carne de los animales domésticos, y se han aficionado a ella.
- 4Dicho de una persona, que está con una racha consecutiva de aciertos muy alta y un nivel de adrenalina superior al normal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cebado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Asolaban por entonces la comarca las bestias carnívoras. ―Están cebadas, patrón,―le decía Marcos,―y hay que darles una batida.
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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