celda

/[ˈsel̪d̪a]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,676

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

celda is aSpanishnoun. It means: Habitación en la que se recluye a los presos. Pronounced [ˈsel̪d̪a]. It ranks #7,676 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cola and cena.

Key facts for celda
PropertyValue
Headwordcelda
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsel̪d̪a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,676
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for celda is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsel̪d̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,676 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for celda, with forms such as "ccelda", "cedla", and "celad". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cola", "cena", "cera", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 celda, spelled C-E-L-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Habitación en la que se recluye a los presos.
  2. 2
    Habitación, habitualmente modesta, destinada a religiosos en un convento.
  3. 3
    Fracción de un conjunto de formaciones generalmente repetitivas.
  4. 4
    Cada uno de los compartimentos de un panal.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccelda,cedla,celad,celdda,cellda,cleda,eclda,selda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for celda

Misspelling Variants of "celda"

ccelda6cedla5celad5celdda6cellda6cleda5eclda5selda5
Misspelling Variants of "celda"

Frequency rank: #7,676 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "celda"?
"celda" is spelled C-E-L-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsel̪d̪a].
What does "celda" mean?
As a noun, "celda" means: Habitación en la que se recluye a los presos.
What words are commonly confused with "celda"?
"celda" is commonly confused with "cola", "cena", "cera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "celda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "celda" is [ˈsel̪d̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "celda" come from?
"celda" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.