cepillo

/[seˈpiʝo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,042

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

cepillo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Utensilio consistente en un mango y una base, sobre la cual se fijan cerdas u otros elementos flexibles aptos para el cepillado. Existen diversos tipos, diferenciados por los materiales y por el us... Pronounced [seˈpiʝo]. Often confused with cepillos and capilla.

Key facts for cepillo
PropertyValue
Headwordcepillo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[seˈpiʝo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,042
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cepillo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈpiʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,042 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 11 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 cepillo, with forms such as "ccepillo", "ceipllo", and "cepilo". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "cepillos", "capilla", "capullo", 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 cepillo, spelled C-E-P-I-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Utensilio consistente en un mango y una base, sobre la cual se fijan cerdas u otros elementos flexibles aptos para el cepillado. Existen diversos tipos, diferenciados por los materiales y por el uso al que están destinados.
  2. 2
    Máquina o herramienta capaz de desgastar piezas metálicas o de madera, a efectos de uniformizar el espesor y lograr la forma que se desea.
  3. 3
    (Callistemon) Limpiatubos.
  4. 4
    Llana (herramienta para acomodar el yeso).
  5. 5
    Bigote grueso y lacio.
  6. 6
    Cepo (caja para guardar las limosnas).
  7. 7
    Halago, adulación.
  8. 8
    Escarabajo (vehículo).
  9. 9
    Cárcel.
  10. 10
    Instrumento usado para medir el grosor de los puros.
  11. 11
    Portalámpara.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccepillo,ceipllo,cepilo,cepilol,ceplilo,ceppillo,cpeillo,ecpillo,sepillo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cepillo

Misspelling Variants of "cepillo"

ccepillo8ceipllo7cepilo6cepilol7ceplilo7ceppillo8cpeillo7ecpillo7
Misspelling Variants of "cepillo"

Frequency rank: #15,042 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cepillo"?
"cepillo" is spelled C-E-P-I-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [seˈpiʝo].
What does "cepillo" mean?
As a noun, "cepillo" means: Utensilio consistente en un mango y una base, sobre la cual se fijan cerdas u otros elementos flexibles aptos para el cepillado. Existen diversos tipos, diferenciados por los materiales y por el us...
What words are commonly confused with "cepillo"?
"cepillo" is commonly confused with "cepillos", "capilla", "capullo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cepillo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cepillo" is [seˈpiʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cepillo" come from?
"cepillo" 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.