lanzar
Letters
6 characters
Frequency Rank
#4,438
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
9
tracked variants
Confusables
17
similar word pairs
lanzar is aSpanishverb. It means: Arrojar, empujar algo para dotarle de una velocidad inicial y que recorra una distancia. Pronounced [lãnˈsaɾ]. It ranks #4,438 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with lanzó and lavar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lanzar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [lãnˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for lanzar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lãnˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,438 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for lanzar, with forms such as "alnzar", "lanazr", and "lannzar". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "lanzó", "lavar", "lunar", 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 lanzar, spelled L-A-N-Z-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Arrojar, empujar algo para dotarle de una velocidad inicial y que recorra una distancia.
- 2Soltar.
- 3Iniciar rápidamente.
- 4Difundir algo, hacerlo popular.
- 5Brotar, florecer.
- 6Privarle a alguien la posesión de un bien.
- 7Vomitar.
- 8Imponer una obligación.
- 9Invertir o gastar el dinero.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alnzar,lanazr,lannzar,lanzarr,lanzra,lanzzar,laznar,llanzar,lnazar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lanzar
Misspelling Variants of "lanzar"
Frequency rank: #4,438 in Spanish
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