Cerberus
[ˈkɛr.bɛ.rʊs]
The verdict
“Cerberus” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,863 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,863
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cerbero, Can Cerbero, perro de tres cabezas que vigila la entrada del Hades.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cerberus · Cerberus · Spanish
Cerberus · rank #93,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,863
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH centrarán
Nearest frequency peer: centrarán (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Cerberus”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- catarros
catarros
6,143 corpus weight
- centrarán
centrarán
6,139 corpus weight
- Cerberus
Cerberus
6,138 corpus weight
- Cereceda
Cereceda
6,137 corpus weight
- cerrador
cerrador
6,136 corpus weight
- chains
chains
6,133 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Cerberus” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cerberus |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɛr.bɛ.rʊs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Cerberus” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Cerberus is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,863 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈkɛr.bɛ.rʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cerbero, Can Cerbero, perro de tres cabezas que vigila la entrada del Hades.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Cerberus in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Cerberus, spelled C-E-R-B-E-R-U-S.
Definition
- 1Cerbero, Can Cerbero, perro de tres cabezas que vigila la entrada del Hades.
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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