cerrado

/[seˈrað̞o]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,762

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cerrado is anSpanishadj. It means: cerrado ¦ plural: cerrados ¦ femenino: cerrada ¦ femenino plural: cerradas Pronounced [seˈrað̞o]. It ranks #2,762 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cerro and creado.

Key facts for cerrado
PropertyValue
Headwordcerrado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[seˈrað̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,762
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cerrado is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈrað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,762 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "cerrado ¦ plural: cerrados ¦ femenino: cerrada ¦ femenino plural: cerradas".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cerrado, with forms such as "ccerrado", "cerardo", and "cerraddo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cerro", "creado", "cerrar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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

Definition

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    cerrado ¦ plural: cerrados ¦ femenino: cerrada ¦ femenino plural: cerradas

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccerrado,cerardo,cerraddo,cerraod,cerrdao,crerado,ecrrado,serrado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cerrado

Misspelling Variants of "cerrado"

ccerrado8cerardo7cerraddo8cerraod7cerrdao7crerado7ecrrado7serrado7
Misspelling Variants of "cerrado"

Frequency rank: #2,762 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cerrado"?
"cerrado" is spelled C-E-R-R-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [seˈrað̞o].
What does "cerrado" mean?
As an adj, "cerrado" means: cerrado ¦ plural: cerrados ¦ femenino: cerrada ¦ femenino plural: cerradas
What words are commonly confused with "cerrado"?
"cerrado" is commonly confused with "cerro", "creado", "cerrar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cerrado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cerrado" is [seˈrað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cerrado" come from?
"cerrado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.