cerillos
[seˈɾiʝos]
The verdict
“cerillos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,787 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,787
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de cerillo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cerillos · cerillos · Spanish
cerillos · rank #81,787 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,787
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cesantías
Nearest frequency peer: cesantías (+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 “cerillos”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cedemos
cedemos
18,219 corpus weight
- cenaron
cenaron
18,217 corpus weight
- cenobio
cenobio
18,216 corpus weight
- cerillos
cerillos
18,214 corpus weight
- cesantías
cesantías
18,213 corpus weight
- chamullo
chamullo
18,210 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cerillos” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cerillos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [seˈɾiʝos] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,787 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cerillos” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cerillos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,787 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [seˈɾiʝos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de cerillo.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cerillos, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cerillos, spelled C-E-R-I-L-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de cerillo.
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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