ceo

/[ˈseo]/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,189

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ceo is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Zeus faber) Pez comestible de aguas profundas con un cuerpo comprimido lateralmente de color oliva-amarillo que tiene una gran mancha oscura ribeteada de color amarillo en su costado y grandes esp... Pronounced [ˈseo]. Often confused with co and CV.

Key facts for ceo
PropertyValue
Headwordceo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈseo]
Letters3
Frequency rank#11,189
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ceo is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈseo]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,189 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Zeus faber) Pez comestible de aguas profundas con un cuerpo comprimido lateralmente de color oliva-amarillo que tiene una gran mancha oscura ribeteada de color amarillo en su costado y grandes esp...".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ceo in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "CV", "ch", 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 ceo, spelled C-E-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Zeus faber) Pez comestible de aguas profundas con un cuerpo comprimido lateralmente de color oliva-amarillo que tiene una gran mancha oscura ribeteada de color amarillo en su costado y grandes espinas en la aleta dorsal.

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #11,189 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ceo"?
"ceo" is spelled C-E-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈseo].
What does "ceo" mean?
As a noun, "ceo" means: (Zeus faber) Pez comestible de aguas profundas con un cuerpo comprimido lateralmente de color oliva-amarillo que tiene una gran mancha oscura ribeteada de color amarillo en su costado y grandes esp...
What words are commonly confused with "ceo"?
"ceo" is commonly confused with "co", "CV", "ch". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ceo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ceo" is [ˈseo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ceo" come from?
"ceo" 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.