Cecilia
The verdict
“Cecilia” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,938. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,938
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
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 | Cecilia |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #30,938 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cecilia” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Cecilia, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #30,938 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cecilia, with forms such as "ccecilia", "cceilia", and "ceccilia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Célia", "Cécile", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Cecilia, spelled C-E-C-I-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccecilia
- cceilia
- ceccilia
- ceciila
- cecilai
- cecillia
- cecliia
- ceiclia
- eccilia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cecilia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Cecilia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-E-C-I-L-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “Célia” - see the side-by-side comparison. Cecilia vs Célia
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.