cela
[ˈsela]
The verdict
“cela” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #28,278. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,278
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Véase celda, cilla o ambas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cela · cela · Spanish
cela · rank #28,278 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,278
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH centralismo
Nearest frequency peer: centralismo (+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 “cela”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- causará
causará
71,727 corpus weight
- cautelar
cautelar
71,726 corpus weight
- cela
cela
71,723 corpus weight
- centralismo
centralismo
71,722 corpus weight
- cercas
cercas
71,721 corpus weight
- chatear
chatear
71,720 corpus weight
What this shows “cela” 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 | cela |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsela] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #28,278 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cela”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around cela (IPA [ˈsela]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,278 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Véase celda, cilla o ambas.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for cela, with forms such as "ccela", "ceal", and "cella". 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, "col", "ceo", "cha", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cela, spelled C-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1Véase celda, cilla o ambas.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccela
- ceal
- cella
- clea
- ecla
- sela
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cela - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cela", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).