cerezo

/[seˈɾeso]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,418

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

cerezo is aSpanishnoun. It 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... Pronounced [seˈɾeso]. Often confused with creo and cero.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cerezo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈɾeso]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,418 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 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 cerezo, with forms such as "ccerezo", "ceerzo", and "cereoz". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "creo", "cero", "cerro", 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 cerezo, spelled C-E-R-E-Z-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccerezo,ceerzo,cereoz,cerezzo,cerrezo,cerzeo,creezo,ecrezo,serezo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cerezo

Misspelling Variants of "cerezo"

ccerezo7ceerzo6cereoz6cerezzo7cerrezo7cerzeo6creezo6ecrezo6
Misspelling Variants of "cerezo"

Frequency rank: #24,418 in Spanish

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 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.