ceca
[ˈseka]
The verdict
“ceca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,414 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,414
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Establecimiento en que se acuña moneda.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ceca · ceca · Spanish
ceca · rank #53,414 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,414
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cañonazos
Nearest frequency peer: cañonazos (-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 “ceca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cautivar
cautivar
46,589 corpus weight
- cañonazos
cañonazos
46,588 corpus weight
- ceca
ceca
46,587 corpus weight
- censurando
censurando
46,585 corpus weight
- cerdito
cerdito
46,584 corpus weight
- CERN
CERN
46,583 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ceca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ceca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈseka] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,414 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ceca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ceca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,414 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈseka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Establecimiento en que se acuña moneda.".
ceca doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 ceca, spelled C-E-C-A.
Definition
- 1Establecimiento en que se acuña moneda.
Synonyms
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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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