cebolla
[seˈβ̞oʝa]
The verdict
“cebolla” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,520 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,520
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Allium cepa) Hierba bulbosa de la familia de las Aliáceas, cultivada casi universalmente para su empleo en gastronomía; se consume principalmente el bulbo. Las hojas son tubulares, basales, forman...
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 | cebolla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [seˈβ̞oʝa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cebolla” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cebolla is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈβ̞oʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,520 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cebolla, with forms such as "cbeolla", "ccebolla", and "cebbolla". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "criolla", "cebollas", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cebolla, spelled C-E-B-O-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1(Allium cepa) Hierba bulbosa de la familia de las Aliáceas, cultivada casi universalmente para su empleo en gastronomía; se consume principalmente el bulbo. Las hojas son tubulares, basales, formando una roseta erecta o dispersa que brota de los bulbos subterráneos, y alcanzan los 65 cm de altura; son de color verde oscuro, glabras. Presenta también uno o más tallos florales, más erectos y largos que las hojas adyacentes. Carecen por lo general de hojas, aunque pueden poseer un par, caulinas; en su ápice brota una umbela esferoidal, raramente poblada de flores pediceladas.
- 2Bulbo de esta planta, consumido crudo o cocido como parte de innumerables preparaciones gastronómicas. Es blanco por lo general —aunque existen variedades rosadas o rojizas—, aproximadamente esferoidal, y está protegido por una fina piel cartácea de color pardo o blanco. Posee un sabor y olor fuerte, debido a la alicina, que se suaviza con la cocción.
- 3Por extensión, varias otras plantas del género Allium.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cbeolla,ccebolla,cebbolla,ceblola,cebola,cebolal,ceoblla,cevolla,ecbolla,sebolla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cebolla - 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 “cebolla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-E-B-O-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [seˈβ̞oʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “criolla” - see the side-by-side comparison. cebolla vs criolla
- 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.