secular

/[sekuˈlaɾ]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,142

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

secular is anSpanishadj. It means: Que tiene una duración que se mide en siglos Pronounced [sekuˈlaɾ]. Often confused with sellar and señalar.

Key facts for secular
PropertyValue
Headwordsecular
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[sekuˈlaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,142
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of secular in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for secular is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for secular, with forms such as "cecular", "escular", and "sceular". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "sellar", "señalar", "simular", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is secular, spelled S-E-C-U-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que tiene una duración que se mide en siglos
  2. 2
    Que se repite en ciclos de un siglo
  3. 3
    Por extensión, de muy larga duración
  4. 4
    Propio de o relativo al ámbito no religioso
  5. 5
    Dicho de una persona, que no ejerce el sacerdocio ni está adscrita a ninguna orden religiosa
  6. 6
    Dicho de un miembro del clero, que es responsable de asuntos mundanos y no está consagrado exclusivamente a la oración y el estudio

Synonyms

Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cecular,escular,sceular,seccular,secluar,secualr,secularr,secullar,seculra,seuclar,ssecular

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for secular

Misspelling Variants of "secular"

cecular7escular7sceular7seccular8secluar7secualr7secularr8secullar8
Misspelling Variants of "secular"

Frequency rank: #13,142 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "secular"?
"secular" is spelled S-E-C-U-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [sekuˈlaɾ].
What does "secular" mean?
As an adj, "secular" means: Que tiene una duración que se mide en siglos
What words are commonly confused with "secular"?
"secular" is commonly confused with "sellar", "señalar", "simular". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "secular"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "secular" is [sekuˈlaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "secular" come from?
"secular" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.