celada
[seˈlað̞a]
The verdict
“celada” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,856 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,856
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maniobra guerrera en que se acecha ocultamente y se sorprende al enemigo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-celada · celada · Spanish
celada · rank #59,856 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,856
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH centauros
Nearest frequency peer: centauros (+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 “celada”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cañar
cañar
40,149 corpus weight
- celada
celada
40,145 corpus weight
- centauros
centauros
40,144 corpus weight
- cerramiento
cerramiento
40,143 corpus weight
- cerrillos
cerrillos
40,142 corpus weight
- chaka
chaka
40,140 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “celada” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | celada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [seˈlað̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “celada” en español
Rare enough to double-check
celada is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,856 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [seˈlað̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for celada in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is celada, spelled C-E-L-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Maniobra guerrera en que se acecha ocultamente y se sorprende al enemigo.
- 2Por extensión, cualquier maniobra con la que se sorprende y engaña a alguien; engaño o fraude dispuesto con artificio o disimulo.
- 3Variante no forzada, especulativa, engañosa y generalmente de dudosa o mala calidad en donde se obtiene ventaja solo si el adversario se equivoca.
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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