cegar
[seˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“cegar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,563 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,563
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Privar de la vista a alguien.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cegar · cegar · Spanish
cegar · rank #67,563 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,563
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cediera
Nearest frequency peer: cediera (-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 “cegar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cebos
cebos
32,440 corpus weight
- cediera
cediera
32,439 corpus weight
- cegar
cegar
32,438 corpus weight
- celofán
celofán
32,437 corpus weight
- centésimas
centésimas
32,436 corpus weight
- cerrajeros
cerrajeros
32,435 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cegar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cegar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [seˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,563 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cegar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cegar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,563 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [seˈɣ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Privar de la vista a alguien.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cegar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cegar, spelled C-E-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Privar de la vista a alguien.
This word in other languages
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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