cilla
[ˈsiʝa]
The verdict
“cilla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,809 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,809
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cámara o estancia donde se guardaba el grano (cereales). En los antiguos monasterios solía estar en la panda (galería) oeste del claustro. Era un lugar muy protegido y cuidado por los hermanos lego...
Corpus desk
Index ES-cilla · cilla · Spanish
cilla · rank #92,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,809
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cinegética
Nearest frequency peer: cinegética (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “cilla”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- chimichurri
chimichurri
7,197 corpus weight
- chusco
chusco
7,196 corpus weight
- cilla
cilla
7,192 corpus weight
- cinegética
cinegética
7,191 corpus weight
- circunferen…
circunferencias
7,188 corpus weight
- ciudadanías
ciudadanías
7,187 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cilla” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsiʝa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cilla” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cilla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,809 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsiʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cilla doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is cilla, spelled C-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Cámara o estancia donde se guardaba el grano (cereales). En los antiguos monasterios solía estar en la panda (galería) oeste del claustro. Era un lugar muy protegido y cuidado por los hermanos legos de la comunidad. No sólo existían en los monasterios, había cillas públicas también.
- 2Renta del diezmo.
This word in other languages
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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