ceibo
[ˈsejβ̞o]
The verdict
“ceibo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #75,242 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #75,242
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Erythrina crista-galli). Árbol nativo del río de la Plata. Lo más característico son las flores rojas, que se utilizan para teñir telas y también son ornamentales.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ceibo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsejβ̞o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ceibo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ceibo is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsejβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #75,242 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ceibo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ceibo, spelled C-E-I-B-O.
Definition
- 1(Erythrina crista-galli). Árbol nativo del río de la Plata. Lo más característico son las flores rojas, que se utilizan para teñir telas y también son ornamentales.
- 2(Erythrina poeppigiana) Árbol caducifolio de la familia Fabaceae nativo la zona intertropical de Centroamérica, Sudamérica y Antillas Mayores. Es usado por su valor ornamental debido a su amplia floración y para dar sombra a otros cultivos.
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 “ceibo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-E-I-B-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsejβ̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.