celosa

/[seˈlosa]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,203

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

celosa is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino de celoso. Pronounced [seˈlosa]. Often confused with cosa and cesa.

Key facts for celosa
PropertyValue
Headwordcelosa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[seˈlosa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,203
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for celosa is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈlosa]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,203 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de celoso.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for celosa, with forms such as "ccelosa", "cellosa", and "celoas". 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, "cosa", "cesa", "culos", 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 celosa, spelled C-E-L-O-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino de celoso.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccelosa,cellosa,celoas,celossa,celsoa,ceolsa,cleosa,eclosa,selosa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for celosa

Misspelling Variants of "celosa"

ccelosa7cellosa7celoas6celossa7celsoa6ceolsa6cleosa6eclosa6
Misspelling Variants of "celosa"

Frequency rank: #13,203 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "celosa"?
"celosa" is spelled C-E-L-O-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [seˈlosa].
What does "celosa" mean?
As an adj, "celosa" means: Forma del femenino de celoso.
What words are commonly confused with "celosa"?
"celosa" is commonly confused with "cosa", "cesa", "culos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "celosa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "celosa" is [seˈlosa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "celosa" come from?
"celosa" 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.