cerilla
[seˈɾiʝa]
The verdict
“cerilla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,955 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,955
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index ES-cerilla · cerilla · Spanish
cerilla · rank #65,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,955
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH centésima
Nearest frequency peer: centésima (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cerilla”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- censuren
censuren
34,049 corpus weight
- centraban
centraban
34,048 corpus weight
- centésima
centésima
34,047 corpus weight
- cerilla
cerilla
34,046 corpus weight
- chamas
chamas
34,045 corpus weight
- chiapaneco
chiapaneco
34,044 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cerilla” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “cerilla” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cerilla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,955 among 8,288 “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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