laringe
[laˈɾĩŋxe]
The verdict
“laringe” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #45,407 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #45,407
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Órgano tubular musculocartilaginoso que comunica la tráquea con la faringe, mide unos cinco cm en el ser humano y es rudimentario en las aves. Lo forman los cartílagos tiroides, cricoides, aritenoi...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laringe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [laˈɾĩŋxe] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #45,407 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “laringe” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for laringe is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [laˈɾĩŋxe]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,407 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Órgano tubular musculocartilaginoso que comunica la tráquea con la faringe, mide unos cinco cm en el ser humano y es rudimentario en las aves. Lo forman los cartílagos tiroides, cricoides, aritenoi...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for laringe, with forms such as "alringe", "lairnge", and "larigne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "large", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is laringe, spelled L-A-R-I-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Órgano tubular musculocartilaginoso que comunica la tráquea con la faringe, mide unos cinco cm en el ser humano y es rudimentario en las aves. Lo forman los cartílagos tiroides, cricoides, aritenoides, cuneiformes, corniculados o de Santorini y epiglotis, recubiertos de una mucosa; se articulan y unen entre si de diversas formas. Su función principal es la fonación o producción de la voz, proteger las vías respiratorias durante la deglución y permitir el paso de aire hacia la tráquea. Se divide en supraglotis o vestíbulo, glotis e infraglotis
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alringe,lairnge,larigne,larineg,laringge,larinnge,larnige,larringe,llaringe,lrainge
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of laringe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “laringe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-A-R-I-N-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [laˈɾĩŋxe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “large” - see the side-by-side comparison. laringe vs large
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.