celada

/[seˈlað̞a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#59,856

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

celada is aSpanishnoun. It means: Maniobra guerrera en que se acecha ocultamente y se sorprende al enemigo. Pronounced [seˈlað̞a].

Key facts for celada
PropertyValue
Headwordcelada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[seˈlað̞a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#59,856
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of celada in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for celada is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈlað̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,856 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for celada in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is celada, spelled C-E-L-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maniobra guerrera en que se acecha ocultamente y se sorprende al enemigo.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, cualquier maniobra con la que se sorprende y engaña a alguien; engaño o fraude dispuesto con artificio o disimulo.
  3. 3
    Variante no forzada, especulativa, engañosa y generalmente de dudosa o mala calidad en donde se obtiene ventaja solo si el adversario se equivoca.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #59,856 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "celada"?
"celada" is spelled C-E-L-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [seˈlað̞a].
What does "celada" mean?
As a noun, "celada" means: Maniobra guerrera en que se acecha ocultamente y se sorprende al enemigo.
How do you pronounce "celada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "celada" is [seˈlað̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "celada" come from?
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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.