cerezo

[seˈɾeso]

/[seˈɾeso]/ noun

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The verdict

“cerezo” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,418. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,418
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Prunus cerasus) 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 mu...

Corpus desk

Index ES-cerezo · cerezo · Spanish

cerezo · rank #24,418 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,418
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH castor

Nearest frequency peer: castor (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cerezo”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “cerezo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cerezo vs creo
67% similar
cerezo vs cero
67% similar
cerezo vs cerro
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cerezo
PropertyValue
Headwordcerezo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[seˈɾeso]
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,418
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cerezo”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).cerezocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “castor” (#24,417), “chalecos” (#24,419), “cascadas” (#24,416). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cerezo” va en #24,418. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cerezo (IPA [seˈɾeso]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,418 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cerezo, with forms such as "ccerezo", "ceerzo", and "cereoz". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "creo", "cero", "cerro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cerezo, spelled C-E-R-E-Z-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Prunus cerasus) 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 comestible.
  2. 2
    Color rojo oscuro que ofrecen algunos materiales, como el antimonio rojo.
  3. 3
    Grado de incandescencia de algunos metales, que toman un color rojo vivo. Se llama también rojo cereza.
  4. 4
    Fruta empalagosa y muy distinta a la europea. El árbol que la produce es frondoso, y se cultiva en jardines.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cerezo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. « El consumo de cereza y uva ayuda a las neuronas a reconocer las señales químicas que modulan el hambre y el metabolismo de las grasas».

This word in other languages

cherry(English)Kirschbaum(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccerezo
  • ceerzo
  • cereoz
  • cerezzo
  • cerrezo
  • cerzeo
  • creezo
  • ecrezo
  • serezo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cerezo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccerezo1ceerzo2cereoz2cerezzo1cerrezo1cerzeo2creezo2ecrezo2
Edit distance from "cerezo"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cerezo"?
"cerezo" is spelled C-E-R-E-Z-O. The IPA pronunciation is [seˈɾeso].
What does "cerezo" mean?
As a noun, "cerezo" means: (Prunus cerasus) 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 mu...
What words are commonly confused with "cerezo"?
"cerezo" is commonly confused with "creo", "cero", "cerro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cerezo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cerezo" is [seˈɾeso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cerezo" come from?
"cerezo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cerezo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

castor#24,417chocan#24,420chusma#24,421cobras#24,425

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

caretas9 variantsdirect9 variantsvotará9 variantsvistió9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list