cesta
[ˈsest̪a]
The verdict
“cesta” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #16,530 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,530
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Recipiente tejido de mimbre, esparto o material similar.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cesta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsest̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #16,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cesta” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cesta is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsest̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,530 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cesta, with forms such as "ccesta", "cesat", and "cessta". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CTA", "cosa", "cita", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is cesta, spelled C-E-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Recipiente tejido de mimbre, esparto o material similar.
- 2Por metonimia, contenido de una cesta₁.
- 3Carro de caballos con cabina de material tejido.
- 4Guante en forma de pala de material tejido usado para jugar al frontón.
- 5Aro con una red donde se debe introducir la pelota en el baloncesto.
- 6Por extensión, tiro que se introduce en la cesta₅, obteniendo puntos para el equipo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccesta,cesat,cessta,cestta,cetsa,cseta,ecsta,sesta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cesta - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “cesta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-E-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsest̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “CTA” - see the side-by-side comparison. cesta vs CTA
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.