cilantro
[siˈlãn̪t̪ɾo]
The verdict
“cilantro” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #32,556. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,556
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Coriandrum sativum) Planta anual, herbácea, de la familia de las apiáceas, de tallo erecto de hasta 50 cm de altura, hojas compuestas, lobuladas en la región basal y aciculadas hacia el ápice, inf...
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 | cilantro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [siˈlãn̪t̪ɾo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,556 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cilantro” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around cilantro (IPA [siˈlãn̪t̪ɾo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,556 among 77,812 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(Coriandrum sativum) Planta anual, herbácea, de la familia de las apiáceas, de tallo erecto de hasta 50 cm de altura, hojas compuestas, lobuladas en la región basal y aciculadas hacia el ápice, inf...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for cilantro, with forms such as "ccilantro", "cialntro", and "cilanntro". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cilindro", "cianuro", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cilantro, spelled C-I-L-A-N-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1(Coriandrum sativum) Planta anual, herbácea, de la familia de las apiáceas, de tallo erecto de hasta 50 cm de altura, hojas compuestas, lobuladas en la región basal y aciculadas hacia el ápice, inflorescencias en umbelas de color blanco a rosa, y fruto en esquizocarpo de 3 a 5 mm de diámetro. Sus hojas y frutos se emplean como especia en gastronomía.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccilantro
- cialntro
- cilanntro
- cilanrto
- cilantor
- cilantrro
- cilanttro
- cilatnro
- cillantro
- cilnatro
- cliantro
- iclantro
- silantro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cilantro - 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 “cilantro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-I-L-A-N-T-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [siˈlãn̪t̪ɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cilindro” - see the side-by-side comparison. cilantro vs cilindro
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.