celeste

/[seˈlest̪e]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,230

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

celeste is anSpanishadj. It means: Que procede, o es propio, del cielo. Pronounced [seˈlest̪e]. It ranks #8,230 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cueste and Colette.

Key facts for celeste
PropertyValue
Headwordceleste
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[seˈlest̪e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,230
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for celeste is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈlest̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,230 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for celeste, with forms such as "cceleste", "ceelste", and "celeset". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cueste", "Colette", "celestes", 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 celeste, spelled C-E-L-E-S-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que procede, o es propio, del cielo.
  2. 2
    Propio o relativo a diversos equipos deportivos que usan un uniforme de color celeste₃.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cceleste,ceelste,celeset,celesste,celestte,celetse,celleste,celsete,cleeste,ecleste,seleste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for celeste

Misspelling Variants of "celeste"

cceleste8ceelste7celeset7celesste8celestte8celetse7celleste8celsete7
Misspelling Variants of "celeste"

Frequency rank: #8,230 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "celeste"?
"celeste" is spelled C-E-L-E-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [seˈlest̪e].
What does "celeste" mean?
As an adj, "celeste" means: Que procede, o es propio, del cielo.
What words are commonly confused with "celeste"?
"celeste" is commonly confused with "cueste", "Colette", "celestes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "celeste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "celeste" is [seˈlest̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "celeste" come from?
"celeste" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.