celoso

/[seˈloso]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,255

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

celoso is anSpanishadj. It means: Que tiene celos, esto es, que no quiere ver a una persona querida con otra que no sea ella, por miedo a perderla. Pronounced [seˈloso]. It ranks #9,255 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with coso and cesó.

Key facts for celoso
PropertyValue
Headwordceloso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[seˈloso]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,255
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for celoso is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈloso]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,255 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for celoso, with forms such as "cceloso", "celloso", and "celoos". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "coso", "cesó", "censo", 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 celoso, spelled C-E-L-O-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que tiene celos, esto es, que no quiere ver a una persona querida con otra que no sea ella, por miedo a perderla.
  2. 2
    Muy cuidadoso con su intimidad o sus secretos.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cceloso,celloso,celoos,celosso,celsoo,ceolso,cleoso,ecloso,seloso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for celoso

Misspelling Variants of "celoso"

cceloso7celloso7celoos6celosso7celsoo6ceolso6cleoso6ecloso6
Misspelling Variants of "celoso"

Frequency rank: #9,255 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "celoso"?
"celoso" is spelled C-E-L-O-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [seˈloso].
What does "celoso" mean?
As an adj, "celoso" means: Que tiene celos, esto es, que no quiere ver a una persona querida con otra que no sea ella, por miedo a perderla.
What words are commonly confused with "celoso"?
"celoso" is commonly confused with "coso", "cesó", "censo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "celoso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "celoso" is [seˈloso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "celoso" come from?
"celoso" 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.