cebolleta

/[seβ̞oˈʝet̪a]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#79,872

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

cebolleta is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Allium fistulosum) Planta semejante a la cebolla, de tallo delgado, flor violácea, bulbo cilíndrico más pequeño y con gran parte del tallo comestible. Pronounced [seβ̞oˈʝet̪a].

Key facts for cebolleta
PropertyValue
Headwordcebolleta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[seβ̞oˈʝet̪a]
Letters9
Frequency rank#79,872
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cebolleta in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cebolleta is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seβ̞oˈʝet̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,872 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for cebolleta in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 cebolleta, spelled C-E-B-O-L-L-E-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Allium fistulosum) Planta semejante a la cebolla, de tallo delgado, flor violácea, bulbo cilíndrico más pequeño y con gran parte del tallo comestible.
  2. 2
    Bulbo comestible de esta planta.
  3. 3
    Cebolla que se vuelve a plantar y se come tierna antes de florecer.

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #79,872 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cebolleta"?
"cebolleta" is spelled C-E-B-O-L-L-E-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [seβ̞oˈʝet̪a].
What does "cebolleta" mean?
As a noun, "cebolleta" means: (Allium fistulosum) Planta semejante a la cebolla, de tallo delgado, flor violácea, bulbo cilíndrico más pequeño y con gran parte del tallo comestible.
How do you pronounce "cebolleta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cebolleta" is [seβ̞oˈʝet̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cebolleta" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.