cerilla

/[seˈɾiʝa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#65,955

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

cerilla is aSpanishnoun. It means: 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... Pronounced [seˈɾiʝa].

Key facts for cerilla
PropertyValue
Headwordcerilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[seˈɾiʝa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#65,955
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cerilla is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈɾiʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,955 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.

No misspelling variants are generated for cerilla in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 cerilla, spelled C-E-R-I-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 contra una superficie rugosa produce una llama.
  2. 2
    Vela de cera, muy delgada y larga.
  3. 3
    Sustancia grasa segregada por los oídos.
  4. 4
    Masilla de cera compuesta con otros ingredientes, de que usaban las mujeres para afeites.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #65,955 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cerilla"?
"cerilla" is spelled C-E-R-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [seˈɾiʝa].
What does "cerilla" mean?
As a noun, "cerilla" means: 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...
How do you pronounce "cerilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cerilla" is [seˈɾiʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cerilla" come from?
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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.