celos

/[ˈselos]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,964

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

celos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Recelo de que la persona amada haya mudado o mude su cariño. Pronounced [ˈselos]. It ranks #7,964 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ceo and ces.

Key facts for celos
PropertyValue
Headwordcelos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈselos]
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,964
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for celos is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈselos]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,964 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for celos, with forms such as "ccelos", "cellos", and "celoss". 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, "ceo", "ces", "cos", 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 celos, spelled C-E-L-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recelo de que la persona amada haya mudado o mude su cariño.
  2. 2
    Recelo que alguien siente de que cualquier cosa que disfrute o pretenda llegue a ser alcanzado por otra persona.
  3. 3
    Envidia.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccelos,cellos,celoss,ceols,cleos,eclos,selos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for celos

Misspelling Variants of "celos"

ccelos6cellos6celoss6ceols5cleos5eclos5selos5
Misspelling Variants of "celos"

Frequency rank: #7,964 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "celos"?
"celos" is spelled C-E-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈselos].
What does "celos" mean?
As a noun, "celos" means: Recelo de que la persona amada haya mudado o mude su cariño.
What words are commonly confused with "celos"?
"celos" is commonly confused with "ceo", "ces", "cos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "celos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "celos" is [ˈselos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "celos" come from?
"celos" 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.