celo

Name: celo, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈselo]

/[ˈselo]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“celo” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,801) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#15,801
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 4
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Empeño y esmero que uno pone al realizar una tarea o deber.

Corpus desk

Index ES-celo · celo · Spanish

celo · rank #15,801 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #15,801
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-LOW 4 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH causadas

Nearest frequency peer: causadas (-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.

casualmente

84,202
causadas

84,201
celo

84,200
celta

84,199
cerco

84,198
cerda

84,197

What this shows Las barras sitúan “celo” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

celo vs co

50% similar

celo vs col

50% similar

celo vs ceo

75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for celo
Property	Value
Headword	celo
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈselo]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#15,801
Misspellings tracked	4
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “celo”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.celocae aquí:

#15,801

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “causadas” (#15,800), “celta” (#15,802), “casualmente” (#15,799). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “celo” va en #15,801. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for celo is neighbouring look-alikes ("co", "col", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈselo]. Frequency #15,801 among 8,288 “C” headwords. 6 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for celo, with forms such as "ccelo", "ceol", and "cleo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "col", "ceo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is celo, spelled C-E-L-O.

Definition

1
Empeño y esmero que uno pone al realizar una tarea o deber.
2
En particular, celo₁ por el culto divino y la caridad.
3
Por extensión, prontitud y esmero para atender una tarea encomendada.
4
Impulso a copular que experimentan las hembras de algunas especies de mamíferos placentarios durante el período fértil de su ciclo reproductivo.
5
Por extensión, período durante el que ocurre el celo₄.
6
Por analogía, período del ciclo menstrual en que ocurre la ovulación.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how celo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Hay que poner celo en las obras y acciones virtuosas, y no en las palabras.

Synonyms

ahínco fervor estro estro

This word in other languages

zèle(Français)Brunst(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccelo
ceol
cleo
eclo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of celo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "celo"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "celo"?

"celo" is spelled C-E-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈselo].

What does "celo" mean?

As a noun, "celo" means: Empeño y esmero que uno pone al realizar una tarea o deber.

What words are commonly confused with "celo"?

"celo" is commonly confused with "co", "col", "ceo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "celo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "celo" is [ˈselo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "celo" come from?

"celo" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "celo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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