sellar

/[seˈʝaɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,592

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sellar is aSpanishverb. It means: Cocinar un alimento, generalmente una pieza de carne, a fuego muy fuerte durante pocos minutos, de modo que su parte exterior se cueza rápidamente, con el fin de que no pierda sus líquidos, aun cua... Pronounced [seˈʝaɾ]. Often confused with silla and solar.

Key facts for sellar
PropertyValue
Headwordsellar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[seˈʝaɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,592
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for sellar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈʝaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,592 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cocinar un alimento, generalmente una pieza de carne, a fuego muy fuerte durante pocos minutos, de modo que su parte exterior se cueza rápidamente, con el fin de que no pierda sus líquidos, aun cua...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for sellar, with forms such as "cellar", "esllar", and "selalr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "silla", "solar", "selva", 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 sellar, spelled S-E-L-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
    Cocinar un alimento, generalmente una pieza de carne, a fuego muy fuerte durante pocos minutos, de modo que su parte exterior se cueza rápidamente, con el fin de que no pierda sus líquidos, aun cuando su interior quede crudo y deba completarse la cocción, habitualmente en el horno.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cellar,esllar,selalr,selar,sellarr,sellra,slelar,ssellar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sellar

Misspelling Variants of "sellar"

cellar6esllar6selalr6selar5sellarr7sellra6slelar6ssellar7
Misspelling Variants of "sellar"

Frequency rank: #23,592 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sellar"?
"sellar" is spelled S-E-L-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [seˈʝaɾ].
What does "sellar" mean?
As a verb, "sellar" means: Cocinar un alimento, generalmente una pieza de carne, a fuego muy fuerte durante pocos minutos, de modo que su parte exterior se cueza rápidamente, con el fin de que no pierda sus líquidos, aun cua...
What words are commonly confused with "sellar"?
"sellar" is commonly confused with "silla", "solar", "selva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sellar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sellar" is [seˈʝaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sellar" come from?
"sellar" 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.