lavar

/[laˈβ̞aɾ]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,556

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lavar is aSpanishverb. It means: Limpiar con un medio líquido, especialmente con agua. Pronounced [laˈβ̞aɾ]. It ranks #6,556 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with lavo and liar.

Key facts for lavar
PropertyValue
Headwordlavar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[laˈβ̞aɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,556
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for lavar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [laˈβ̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,556 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for lavar, with forms such as "alvar", "laavr", and "labar". 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, "lavo", "liar", "leva", 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 lavar, spelled L-A-V-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Limpiar con un medio líquido, especialmente con agua.
  2. 2
    Quitar de algo una mácula, labe, tacha, defecto o impureza.
  3. 3
    Hacer que el dinero obtenido por medio ilegales circule de manera fiscalmente legal.
  4. 4
    Pulir o bruñir con un paño mojado el acabado de las paredes o blanqueo.
  5. 5
    Dar color con tintes diluidos en agua (con aguadas).
  6. 6
    Sacar los elementos no deseados de un mineral usando agua o medios líquidos.
  7. 7
    Disminuir el color, vigor u otra propiedad importante de algo, generalmente por la acción del agua, del tiempo o del uso.
  8. 8
    Mojar excesivamente la yerba del mate, de tal modo que esta pierda su sabor.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alvar,laavr,labar,lavarr,lavra,lavvar,llavar,lvaar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lavar

Misspelling Variants of "lavar"

alvar5laavr5labar5lavarr6lavra5lavvar6llavar6lvaar5
Misspelling Variants of "lavar"

Frequency rank: #6,556 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lavar"?
"lavar" is spelled L-A-V-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [laˈβ̞aɾ].
What does "lavar" mean?
As a verb, "lavar" means: Limpiar con un medio líquido, especialmente con agua.
What words are commonly confused with "lavar"?
"lavar" is commonly confused with "lavo", "liar", "leva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lavar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lavar" is [laˈβ̞aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lavar" come from?
"lavar" 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.