ceibo
[ˈsejβ̞o]
The verdict
“ceibo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,242 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,242
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ceibo · ceibo · Spanish
ceibo · rank #75,242 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,242
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cefalorraquíd…
Nearest frequency peer: cefalorraquídeo (-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 “ceibo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cedería
cedería
24,761 corpus weight
- cefalorraqu…
cefalorraquídeo
24,760 corpus weight
- ceibo
ceibo
24,759 corpus weight
- celadores
celadores
24,758 corpus weight
- celebrase
celebrase
24,757 corpus weight
- cerrase
cerrase
24,756 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ceibo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “ceibo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ceibo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,242 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsejβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ceibo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Las aves, por mirarse en sus cristales, Llegaban de lejanos horizontes Los seíbos aborígenes colgaban Ante él las rojas crestas de sus flores.
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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