celofán

[seloˈfãn]

/[seloˈfãn]/ noun

The verdict

“celofán” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,564 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,564
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Película transparente y flexible, obtenida a partir de la regeneración de la celulosa. La fibra vegetal original se disuelve en una medio alcalino para producir viscosa, que posteriormente se reint...

Corpus desk

Index ES-celofan · celofán · Spanish

celofán · rank #67,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,564
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cegar

Nearest frequency peer: cegar (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “celofán”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “celofán” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for celofán
PropertyValue
Headwordcelofán
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[seloˈfãn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,564
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “celofán” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).celofáncae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “cegar” (#67,563), “centésimas” (#67,565), “cediera” (#67,562). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “celofán” va en #67,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

celofán is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,564 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [seloˈfãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Película transparente y flexible, obtenida a partir de la regeneración de la celulosa. La fibra vegetal original se disuelve en una medio alcalino para producir viscosa, que posteriormente se reint...".

Zero misspellings are on record for celofán in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 celofán, spelled C-E-L-O-F-Á-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Película transparente y flexible, obtenida a partir de la regeneración de la celulosa. La fibra vegetal original se disuelve en una medio alcalino para producir viscosa, que posteriormente se reintroduce en un baño ácido a través de una delgada ranura, dando origen a la lámina de celulosa. Es de uso generalizado en envases y envueltos.

This word in other languages

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 "celofán"?
"celofán" is spelled C-E-L-O-F-Á-N. The IPA pronunciation is [seloˈfãn].
What does "celofán" mean?
As a noun, "celofán" means: Película transparente y flexible, obtenida a partir de la regeneración de la celulosa. La fibra vegetal original se disuelve en una medio alcalino para producir viscosa, que posteriormente se reint...
How do you pronounce "celofán"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "celofán" is [seloˈfãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list