cesta

[ˈsest̪a]

/[ˈsest̪a]/ noun

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The verdict

“cesta” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,530. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,530
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recipiente tejido de mimbre, esparto o material similar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cesta · cesta · Spanish

cesta · rank #16,530 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,530
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH certificacion…

Nearest frequency peer: certificaciones (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “cesta”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “cesta” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cesta vs CTA
0% similar
cesta vs cosa
60% similar
cesta vs cita
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cesta
PropertyValue
Headwordcesta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsest̪a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,530
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cesta”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).cestacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “certificaciones” (#16,529), “chivo” (#16,531), “chocolates” (#16,532). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cesta” va en #16,530. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cesta (IPA [ˈsest̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,530 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Recipiente tejido de mimbre, esparto o material similar.
  2. 2
    Por metonimia, contenido de una cesta₁.
  3. 3
    Carro de caballos con cabina de material tejido.
  4. 4
    Guante en forma de pala de material tejido usado para jugar al frontón.
  5. 5
    Aro con una red donde se debe introducir la pelota en el baloncesto.
  6. 6
    Por extensión, tiro que se introduce en la cesta₅, obteniendo puntos para el equipo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cesta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. toma vna cesta & sigue me para que compremos qualque verdura.
  2. Costó otra media cesta de millo é frejoles treinta é cinco anzuelos chicos é cinco grandes é ocho cristalinas.

Synonyms

banastabanastocanastacanastocestocanastacestocanastacesto

This word in other languages

basket(English)panier(Français)Korb(Deutsch)cesta(Português)

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.

ccesta1cesat2cessta1cestta1cetsa2cseta2ecsta2sesta1
Edit distance from "cesta"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cesta"?
"cesta" is spelled C-E-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsest̪a].
What does "cesta" mean?
As a noun, "cesta" means: Recipiente tejido de mimbre, esparto o material similar.
What words are commonly confused with "cesta"?
"cesta" is commonly confused with "CTA", "cosa", "cita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cesta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cesta" is [ˈsest̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cesta" come from?
"cesta" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cesta", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chivo#16,531birra#16,514water#16,485evitó#16,576

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

callate8 variantscínico8 variantsazufre8 variantsAndorra8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list