aleluya

/[aleˈluʝa]/ intj

The verdict

“aleluya” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #34,431 in Spanish word frequency and used as an interjection.

#34,431
frequency rank, Spanish
7
letters
9
tracked misspellings

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Interjección empleada para expresar júbilo.

Key facts for aleluya
PropertyValue
Headwordaleluya
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechInterjection
IPA[aleˈluʝa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,431
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “aleluya” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). aleluya lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for aleluya is 7 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aleˈluʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,431 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Interjección empleada para expresar júbilo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for aleluya, with forms such as "aelluya", "alelluya", and "aleluay". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 aleluya, spelled A-L-E-L-U-Y-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interjección empleada para expresar júbilo.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aelluya,alelluya,aleluay,aleluyya,alelyua,aleulya,alleluya,alleuya,laeluya

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aleluya — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "aleluya"

aelluya2alelluya1aleluay2aleluyya1alelyua2aleulya2alleluya1alleuya2
Edit distance from "aleluya"

Frequency rank: #34,431 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aleluya"?
"aleluya" is spelled A-L-E-L-U-Y-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aleˈluʝa].
What does "aleluya" mean?
As an interjection, "aleluya" means: Interjección empleada para expresar júbilo.
What are common misspellings of "aleluya"?
Common misspellings include "aelluya", "alelluya", "aleluay", "aleluyya", "alelyua". The correct spelling is "aleluya".
How do you pronounce "aleluya"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aleluya" is [aleˈluʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aleluya" come from?
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Using “aleluya”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-E-L-U-Y-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [aleˈluʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.