cerca de
[ˈseɾka ð̞e]
The verdict
“cerca de” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aproximadamente; con corta diferencia; poco menos de.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cerca de |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈseɾka ð̞e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cerca de” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cerca de is 8 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈseɾka ð̞e]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Aproximadamente; con corta diferencia; poco menos de.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cerca de in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cerca de, spelled C-E-R-C-A- -D-E.
Definition
- 1Aproximadamente; con corta diferencia; poco menos de.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cerca de”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-E-R-C-A- -D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈseɾka ð̞e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.