laxante

/[lakˈsãn̪t̪e]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,031

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

laxante is anSpanishadj. It means: Se dice del alimento o medicamento que provoca o facilita la defecación. Pronounced [lakˈsãn̪t̪e]. Often confused with levante and latente.

Key facts for laxante
PropertyValue
Headwordlaxante
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[lakˈsãn̪t̪e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#46,031
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for laxante is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lakˈsãn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,031 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se dice del alimento o medicamento que provoca o facilita la defecación.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for laxante, with forms such as "alxante", "laaxnte", and "laxanet". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "levante", "latente", "Lavarte", 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 laxante, spelled L-A-X-A-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dice del alimento o medicamento que provoca o facilita la defecación.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: alxante,laaxnte,laxanet,laxannte,laxantte,laxatne,laxnate,laxxante,llaxante,lxaante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for laxante

Misspelling Variants of "laxante"

alxante7laaxnte7laxanet7laxannte8laxantte8laxatne7laxnate7laxxante8
Misspelling Variants of "laxante"

Frequency rank: #46,031 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "laxante"?
"laxante" is spelled L-A-X-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [lakˈsãn̪t̪e].
What does "laxante" mean?
As an adj, "laxante" means: Se dice del alimento o medicamento que provoca o facilita la defecación.
What words are commonly confused with "laxante"?
"laxante" is commonly confused with "levante", "latente", "Lavarte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "laxante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "laxante" is [lakˈsãn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "laxante" come from?
"laxante" 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.