censor

/[sẽnˈsoɾ]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,698

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

censor is anSpanishadj. It means: Que pertenece o concierne censura censurar. Pronounced [sẽnˈsoɾ]. Often confused with cesó and césar.

Key facts for censor
PropertyValue
Headwordcensor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[sẽnˈsoɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,698
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for censor is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sẽnˈsoɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,698 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que pertenece o concierne censura censurar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for censor, with forms such as "ccensor", "cennsor", and "cenosr". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "cesó", "césar", "center", 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 censor, spelled C-E-N-S-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que pertenece o concierne censura censurar.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccensor,cennsor,cenosr,censorr,censro,censsor,cesnor,cnesor,ecnsor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for censor

Misspelling Variants of "censor"

ccensor7cennsor7cenosr6censorr7censro6censsor7cesnor6cnesor6
Misspelling Variants of "censor"

Frequency rank: #31,698 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "censor"?
"censor" is spelled C-E-N-S-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [sẽnˈsoɾ].
What does "censor" mean?
As an adj, "censor" means: Que pertenece o concierne censura censurar.
What words are commonly confused with "censor"?
"censor" is commonly confused with "cesó", "césar", "center". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "censor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "censor" is [sẽnˈsoɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "censor" come from?
"censor" 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.