lavamanos
[laβ̞aˈmanos]
The verdict
“lavamanos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,638 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,638
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Recipiente, generalmente de porcelana, usado para lavarse las manos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lavamanos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [laβ̞aˈmanos] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,638 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lavamanos” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lavamanos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,638 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [laβ̞aˈmanos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Recipiente, generalmente de porcelana, usado para lavarse las manos.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lavamanos, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is lavamanos, spelled L-A-V-A-M-A-N-O-S.
Definition
- 1Recipiente, generalmente de porcelana, usado para lavarse las manos.
This word in other languages
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 “lavamanos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-A-V-A-M-A-N-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.