cette
[sɛt]
The verdict
“cette” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,726 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,726
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Esta, femenino singular de ce.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cette |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [sɛt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cette” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cette is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,726 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed [sɛt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Esta, femenino singular de ce.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cette in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is cette, spelled C-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Esta, femenino singular de ce.
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 “cette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.