cerilla
[seˈɾiʝa]
The verdict
“cerilla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,955 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,955
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Utensilio para encender fuego formado por un trozo de madera con un extremo o cabeza recubierto de una sustancia inflamable, originalmente fósforo1 y más tarde mezclas con azufre, que al frotarla c...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cerilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [seˈɾiʝa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cerilla” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cerilla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,955 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [seˈɾiʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
cerilla doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is cerilla, spelled C-E-R-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Utensilio para encender fuego formado por un trozo de madera con un extremo o cabeza recubierto de una sustancia inflamable, originalmente fósforo1 y más tarde mezclas con azufre, que al frotarla contra una superficie rugosa produce una llama.
- 2Vela de cera, muy delgada y larga.
- 3Sustancia grasa segregada por los oídos.
- 4Masilla de cera compuesta con otros ingredientes, de que usaban las mujeres para afeites.
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 “cerilla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-E-R-I-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.