cerúleo
[seˈɾuleo]
The verdict
“cerúleo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que recuerda o se asemeja a la cera.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ceruleo · cerúleo · Spanish
cerúleo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cerúleo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [seˈɾuleo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cerúleo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cerúleo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [seˈɾuleo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cerúleo, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 cerúleo, spelled C-E-R-Ú-L-E-O.
Definition
- 1Que recuerda o se asemeja a la cera.
- 2De color azul intenso, como el del cielo despejado.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cerúleo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Allí está el pobre Enrique Tierno Galván condenado a compartir su existencia cerúlea con la posteridad agónica de José María Álvarez del Manzano.
Entonces todos los Xibalbá cambiaron de color; a causa de aquellas flores sus rostros se volvieron cerúleos.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.