celebrar

/[seleˈβ̞ɾaɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,761

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

celebrar is aSpanishverb. It means: Llevar a cabo un rito o un acto civil. Pronounced [seleˈβ̞ɾaɾ]. It ranks #2,761 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with célebre and celebro.

Key facts for celebrar
PropertyValue
Headwordcelebrar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[seleˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,761
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for celebrar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seleˈβ̞ɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,761 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for celebrar, with forms such as "ccelebrar", "ceelbrar", and "celberar". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "célebre", "celebro", "culebra", 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 celebrar, spelled C-E-L-E-B-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Llevar a cabo un rito o un acto civil.
  2. 2
    Festejar o demostrar alegría por algún hecho o acontecimiento.
  3. 3
    Firmar y pactar un contrato.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccelebrar,ceelbrar,celberar,celebarr,celebbrar,celebrarr,celebrra,celebrrar,celerbar,celevrar,cellebrar,cleebrar,eclebrar,selebrar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for celebrar

Misspelling Variants of "celebrar"

ccelebrar9ceelbrar8celberar8celebarr8celebbrar9celebrarr9celebrra8celebrrar9
Misspelling Variants of "celebrar"

Frequency rank: #2,761 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "celebrar"?
"celebrar" is spelled C-E-L-E-B-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [seleˈβ̞ɾaɾ].
What does "celebrar" mean?
As a verb, "celebrar" means: Llevar a cabo un rito o un acto civil.
What words are commonly confused with "celebrar"?
"celebrar" is commonly confused with "célebre", "celebro", "culebra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "celebrar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "celebrar" is [seleˈβ̞ɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "celebrar" come from?
"celebrar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.