cilla
[ˈsiʝa]
The verdict
“cilla” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #92,809 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #92,809
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “cilla” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cilla is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsiʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #92,809 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “cilla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-I-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈsiʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.