cemento
[seˈmẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“cemento” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,677 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,677
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aglutinante o conglomerante hidráulico que, mezclado con agregados pétreos (árido grueso o grava más árido fino o arena) y agua, crea una mezcla uniforme, manejable y plástica capaz de fraguar y en...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cemento |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [seˈmẽn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cemento” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cemento is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,677 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Aglutinante o conglomerante hidráulico que, mezclado con agregados pétreos (árido grueso o grava más árido fino o arena) y agua, crea una mezcla uniforme, manejable y plástica capaz de fraguar y en...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cemento, with forms such as "ccemento", "ceemnto", and "cemennto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "ciento", "cuento", "cometo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is cemento, spelled C-E-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Aglutinante o conglomerante hidráulico que, mezclado con agregados pétreos (árido grueso o grava más árido fino o arena) y agua, crea una mezcla uniforme, manejable y plástica capaz de fraguar y endurecer al reaccionar con el agua y adquiriendo por ello consistencia pétrea, como en el hormigón o concreto.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccemento,ceemnto,cemennto,cemenot,cementto,cemetno,cemmento,cemneto,cmeento,ecmento,semento
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cemento - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “cemento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-E-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [seˈmẽn̪t̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ciento” - see the side-by-side comparison. cemento vs ciento
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.