ceiba
[ˈsejβ̞a]
The verdict
“ceiba” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #31,695. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,695
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Ceiba). Árbol americano, de la familia de las malváceas, de unos 30 metros de altura, con tronco grueso color ceniciento, copa extensa casi horizontal, ramas rojizas y espinosas, hojas palmeadas, ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-ceiba · ceiba · Spanish
ceiba · rank #31,695 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,695
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH celestiales
Nearest frequency peer: celestiales (+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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “ceiba”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- casen
casen
68,309 corpus weight
- ceiba
ceiba
68,306 corpus weight
- celestiales
celestiales
68,305 corpus weight
- celulitis
celulitis
68,304 corpus weight
- censor
censor
68,303 corpus weight
- champán
champán
68,302 corpus weight
What this shows “ceiba” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | ceiba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsejβ̞a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,695 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ceiba”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around ceiba (IPA [ˈsejβ̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,695 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ceiba, with forms such as "cceiba", "cebia", and "ceiab". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cía", "Cuba", "cita", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ceiba, spelled C-E-I-B-A.
Definition
- 1(Ceiba). Árbol americano, de la familia de las malváceas, de unos 30 metros de altura, con tronco grueso color ceniciento, copa extensa casi horizontal, ramas rojizas y espinosas, hojas palmeadas, flores rojas axilares, y frutos cónicos. Con su madera se fabrica celulosa y piezas como adoquines para suelo de las calles; con la fibra algodonosa de sus frutos se rellenan almhoadas.
- 2(Erythrina). Árbol tropical.^([cita requerida])
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cceiba
- cebia
- ceiab
- ceibba
- ceiva
- cieba
- eciba
- seiba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ceiba - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).