cereza
[seˈɾesa]
The verdict
“cereza” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #26,754 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,754
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fruto del cerezo. Es una drupa con cabillo largo, casi redonda, de unos dos centímetros de diámetro, con surco lateral, piel lisa de color encarnado más o menos obscuro, y pulpa muy jugosa, dulce y...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cereza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [seˈɾesa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,754 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cereza” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cereza is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈɾesa]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,754 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cereza, with forms such as "ccereza", "ceerza", and "cereaz". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CREA", "Corea", "creía", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cereza, spelled C-E-R-E-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Fruto del cerezo. Es una drupa con cabillo largo, casi redonda, de unos dos centímetros de diámetro, con surco lateral, piel lisa de color encarnado más o menos obscuro, y pulpa muy jugosa, dulce y comestible.
- 2Color rojo oscuro que ofrecen algunos minerales, como el antimonio rojo.
- 3Grado de incandescencia de algunos metales, que toman un color rojo vivo.
- 4Fruta costarricense empalagosa y muy distinta de la europea. El árbol que la produce es frondoso, y se cultiva en los jardines.
- 5Grano del café maduro, color rojizo.
- 6Cáscara del grano del café.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccereza,ceerza,cereaz,cerezza,cerreza,cerzea,creeza,ecreza,sereza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cereza - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “cereza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-E-R-E-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [seˈɾesa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “CREA” - see the side-by-side comparison. cereza vs CREA
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.