celosía

[seloˈsia]

/[seloˈsia]/ noun

The verdict

“celosía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,327 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,327
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tablero calado para cerrar ventanas, que impide ser visto pero no impide ver y deja penetrar la luz y el aire. Normalmente es de madera, pero puede ser de piedra u otros materiales.

Corpus desk

Index ES-celosia · celosía · Spanish

celosía · rank #74,327 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,327
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH cenaba

Nearest frequency peer: cenaba (+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 “celosía”

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 “celosía” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for celosía
PropertyValue
Headwordcelosía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[seloˈsia]
Letters7
Frequency rank#74,327
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “celosía” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).celosíacae 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: “cenaba” (#74,328), “cerraremos” (#74,329), “chantajeando” (#74,330). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “celosía” va en #74,327. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

celosía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,327 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [seloˈsia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tablero calado para cerrar ventanas, que impide ser visto pero no impide ver y deja penetrar la luz y el aire. Normalmente es de madera, pero puede ser de piedra u otros materiales.".

No misspelling variants are generated for celosía in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 celosía, spelled C-E-L-O-S-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tablero calado para cerrar ventanas, que impide ser visto pero no impide ver y deja penetrar la luz y el aire. Normalmente es de madera, pero puede ser de piedra u otros materiales.

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 "celosía"?
"celosía" is spelled C-E-L-O-S-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [seloˈsia].
What does "celosía" mean?
As a noun, "celosía" means: Tablero calado para cerrar ventanas, que impide ser visto pero no impide ver y deja penetrar la luz y el aire. Normalmente es de madera, pero puede ser de piedra u otros materiales.
How do you pronounce "celosía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "celosía" is [seloˈsia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "celosía" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "celosía", 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