semilla

/[seˈmiʝa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,586

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

semilla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Embrión de las plantas espermatófitas, producto de la evolución del óvulo fecundado por el polen, y normalmente envuelto en un tegumento duro que lo protege Pronounced [seˈmiʝa]. It ranks #8,586 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with silla and Sevilla.

Key facts for semilla
PropertyValue
Headwordsemilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[seˈmiʝa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,586
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for semilla is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [seˈmiʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,586 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for semilla, with forms such as "cemilla", "esmilla", and "seimlla". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "silla", "Sevilla", "semillas", 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 semilla, spelled S-E-M-I-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Embrión de las plantas espermatófitas, producto de la evolución del óvulo fecundado por el polen, y normalmente envuelto en un tegumento duro que lo protege
  2. 2
    Por extensión, cualquier parte de un vegetal que puede usarse para producir nuevos brotes
  3. 3
    Por extensión, principio u origen de cualquier cosa

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cemilla,esmilla,seimlla,semila,semilal,semlila,semmilla,smeilla,ssemilla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for semilla

Misspelling Variants of "semilla"

cemilla7esmilla7seimlla7semila6semilal7semlila7semmilla8smeilla7
Misspelling Variants of "semilla"

Frequency rank: #8,586 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "semilla"?
"semilla" is spelled S-E-M-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [seˈmiʝa].
What does "semilla" mean?
As a noun, "semilla" means: Embrión de las plantas espermatófitas, producto de la evolución del óvulo fecundado por el polen, y normalmente envuelto en un tegumento duro que lo protege
What words are commonly confused with "semilla"?
"semilla" is commonly confused with "silla", "Sevilla", "semillas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "semilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "semilla" is [seˈmiʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "semilla" come from?
"semilla" 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.