cerio
[ˈseɾjo]
The verdict
“cerio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,096 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,096
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - El cerio es uno de los 14 elementos químicos que siguen al lantano en la tabla periódica, denominados por ello lantánidos. De color gris metálico similar al hierro, se torna pardo rojizo al exponer...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cerio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈseɾjo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cerio” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cerio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,096 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈseɾjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "El cerio es uno de los 14 elementos químicos que siguen al lantano en la tabla periódica, denominados por ello lantánidos. De color gris metálico similar al hierro, se torna pardo rojizo al exponer...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cerio, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is cerio, spelled C-E-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1El cerio es uno de los 14 elementos químicos que siguen al lantano en la tabla periódica, denominados por ello lantánidos. De color gris metálico similar al hierro, se torna pardo rojizo al exponerlo al aire, es un elemento muy escaso en la corteza terrestre, donde aparece disperso en diversos minerales.
This word in other languages
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 “cerio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-E-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈseɾjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.