lanzas

/[ˈlãnsas]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,888

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lanzas is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tipo de impuesto o pago de ciertos nobles o gente de altos cargos daba al rey a cambio de no tener que participar en campañas de guerra. Pronounced [ˈlãnsas]. Often confused with lanzó and lazos.

Key facts for lanzas
PropertyValue
Headwordlanzas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlãnsas]
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,888
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for lanzas is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlãnsas]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,888 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tipo de impuesto o pago de ciertos nobles o gente de altos cargos daba al rey a cambio de no tener que participar en campañas de guerra.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for lanzas, with forms such as "alnzas", "lanazs", and "lannzas". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lanzó", "lazos", "latas", 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 lanzas, spelled L-A-N-Z-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tipo de impuesto o pago de ciertos nobles o gente de altos cargos daba al rey a cambio de no tener que participar en campañas de guerra.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alnzas,lanazs,lannzas,lanzass,lanzsa,lanzzas,laznas,llanzas,lnazas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lanzas

Misspelling Variants of "lanzas"

alnzas6lanazs6lannzas7lanzass7lanzsa6lanzzas7laznas6llanzas7
Misspelling Variants of "lanzas"

Frequency rank: #15,888 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lanzas"?
"lanzas" is spelled L-A-N-Z-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlãnsas].
What does "lanzas" mean?
As a noun, "lanzas" means: Tipo de impuesto o pago de ciertos nobles o gente de altos cargos daba al rey a cambio de no tener que participar en campañas de guerra.
What words are commonly confused with "lanzas"?
"lanzas" is commonly confused with "lanzó", "lazos", "latas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lanzas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lanzas" is [ˈlãnsas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lanzas" come from?
"lanzas" 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.