l
Spanish, letter
l is spelled L (one letter) and appears 132 times per million words in written Spanish, the 657th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). L is a Spanish letter meaning “The twelfth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, L is a different word: “The twelfth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin…”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Duodécima letra del alfabeto español y novena consonante. Su nombre es ele”.
What does l mean in English?
letter
- 1
The twelfth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
letter
- 1
The twelfth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
letter: 1. Duodécima letra del alfabeto español y novena consonante. Su nombre es ele.
letter: 1. Decimosegunda letra del alfabeto español. 2. Código fonético de la letra ele. Se pronuncia lima.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of l
- L uppercase
- l lowercase
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is l in Spanish?
l appears 132 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).