izquierda

/[isˈkjeɾð̞a]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#940

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

izquierda is aSpanishnoun. It means: Dirección hacia el lado izquierdo con respecto a un punto de referencia. Pronounced [isˈkjeɾð̞a]. It ranks #940 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with izquierdo and izquierdas.

Key facts for izquierda
PropertyValue
Headwordizquierda
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[isˈkjeɾð̞a]
Letters9
Frequency rank#940
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for izquierda is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [isˈkjeɾð̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #940 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for izquierda, with forms such as "iqzuierda", "izqiuerda", and "izqquierda". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "izquierdo", "izquierdas", 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 izquierda, spelled I-Z-Q-U-I-E-R-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dirección hacia el lado izquierdo con respecto a un punto de referencia.
  2. 2
    Mano izquierda
  3. 3
    Partidos o grupos progresistas, es decir, que fomentan un ideario basado en la justicia social, el igualitarismo y la apertura al cambio; el espectro abarca desde los liberales moderados hasta el comunismo, según los países y tradiciones

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iqzuierda,izqiuerda,izqquierda,izqueirda,izquiedra,izquierad,izquierdda,izquierrda,izquireda,izuqierda,izzquierda,ziquierda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for izquierda

Misspelling Variants of "izquierda"

iqzuierda9izqiuerda9izqquierda10izqueirda9izquiedra9izquierad9izquierdda10izquierrda10
Misspelling Variants of "izquierda"

Frequency rank: #940 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "izquierda"?
"izquierda" is spelled I-Z-Q-U-I-E-R-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [isˈkjeɾð̞a].
What does "izquierda" mean?
As a noun, "izquierda" means: Dirección hacia el lado izquierdo con respecto a un punto de referencia.
What words are commonly confused with "izquierda"?
"izquierda" is commonly confused with "izquierdo", "izquierdas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "izquierda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "izquierda" is [isˈkjeɾð̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "izquierda" come from?
"izquierda" 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.