laguna

/[laˈɣ̞una]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,526

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

laguna is aSpanishnoun. It means: Gran acumulación de agua dulce, rara vez agua salada, de menor tamaño que un lago. Pronounced [laˈɣ̞una]. It ranks #5,526 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Luna and Laura.

Key facts for laguna
PropertyValue
Headwordlaguna
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[laˈɣ̞una]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,526
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for laguna is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [laˈɣ̞una]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,526 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for laguna, with forms such as "lagguna", "lagnua", and "laguan". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Luna", "Laura", "legua", 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 Spanish form is laguna, spelled L-A-G-U-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gran acumulación de agua dulce, rara vez agua salada, de menor tamaño que un lago.
  2. 2
    Espacio sin llenar en un conjunto de cosas.
  3. 3
    Defecto por carencia en la información que se entrega, en un discurso, libro o escrito.
  4. 4
    Defecto por carencia en los conocimientos de una persona.
  5. 5
    Por extensión, solución de continuidad en cualquier materia.
  6. 6
    Lo que de pronto se olvida en medio de lo que sí se recuerda.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lagguna,lagnua,laguan,lagunna,laugna,lgauna,llaguna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for laguna

Misspelling Variants of "laguna"

lagguna7lagnua6laguan6lagunna7laugna6lgauna6llaguna7
Misspelling Variants of "laguna"

Frequency rank: #5,526 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "laguna"?
"laguna" is spelled L-A-G-U-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [laˈɣ̞una].
What does "laguna" mean?
As a noun, "laguna" means: Gran acumulación de agua dulce, rara vez agua salada, de menor tamaño que un lago.
What words are commonly confused with "laguna"?
"laguna" is commonly confused with "Luna", "Laura", "legua". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "laguna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laguna" is [laˈɣ̞una]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laguna" come from?
"laguna" 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.