secular
[sekuˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“secular” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #13,142 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #13,142
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que tiene una duración que se mide en siglos
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 | secular |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [sekuˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “secular” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for secular is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sekuˈlaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,142 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for secular, with forms such as "cecular", "escular", and "sceular". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "sellar", "señalar", "simular", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is secular, spelled S-E-C-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Que tiene una duración que se mide en siglos
- 2Que se repite en ciclos de un siglo
- 3Por extensión, de muy larga duración
- 4Propio de o relativo al ámbito no religioso
- 5Dicho de una persona, que no ejerce el sacerdocio ni está adscrita a ninguna orden religiosa
- 6Dicho de un miembro del clero, que es responsable de asuntos mundanos y no está consagrado exclusivamente a la oración y el estudio
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cecular,escular,sceular,seccular,secluar,secualr,secularr,secullar,seculra,seuclar,ssecular
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of secular - 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 “secular”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-C-U-L-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sekuˈlaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sellar” - see the side-by-side comparison. secular vs sellar
- 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.