cereja

//sɨ.ˈɾɐj.ʒɐ// adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,528

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

cereja is anPortugueseadj. It means: que possua cor avermelhada semelhante à cereja Pronounced /sɨ.ˈɾɐj.ʒɐ/. Often confused with Ceres and coruja.

Key facts for cereja
PropertyValue
Headwordcereja
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/sɨ.ˈɾɐj.ʒɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,528
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cereja in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cereja is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɨ.ˈɾɐj.ʒɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,528 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que possua cor avermelhada semelhante à cereja".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cereja, with forms such as "ccereja", "ceerja", and "cereaj". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Ceres", "coruja", "certeza", 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 Portuguese form is cereja, spelled C-E-R-E-J-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que possua cor avermelhada semelhante à cereja

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccereja,ceerja,cereaj,cerejja,cerjea,cerreja,creeja,ecreja

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cereja

Misspelling Variants of "cereja"

ccereja7ceerja6cereaj6cerejja7cerjea6cerreja7creeja6ecreja6
Misspelling Variants of "cereja"

Frequency rank: #15,528 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cereja"?
"cereja" is spelled C-E-R-E-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨ.ˈɾɐj.ʒɐ/.
What does "cereja" mean?
As an adj, "cereja" means: que possua cor avermelhada semelhante à cereja
What words are commonly confused with "cereja"?
"cereja" is commonly confused with "Ceres", "coruja", "certeza". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cereja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cereja" is /sɨ.ˈɾɐj.ʒɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cereja" come from?
"cereja" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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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.