leche

/[ˈlet͡ʃe]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,580

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

leche is aSpanishnoun. It means: Sustancia líquida de color blanco y de alto valor nutritivo que se produce en las mamas de las hembras de los mamíferos para alimentar a sus crías. Para consumo humano es común emplear la producida... Pronounced [ˈlet͡ʃe]. It ranks #1,580 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with leve and Luce.

Key facts for leche
PropertyValue
Headwordleche
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlet͡ʃe]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,580
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for leche is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlet͡ʃe]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,580 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 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for leche, with forms such as "lcehe", "lecche", and "leceh". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "leve", "Luce", "lucha", 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 leche, spelled L-E-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sustancia líquida de color blanco y de alto valor nutritivo que se produce en las mamas de las hembras de los mamíferos para alimentar a sus crías. Para consumo humano es común emplear la producida por vacas, ovejas, búfalas o cabras.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, zumo blanco que tienen algunas plantas, frutos o semillas.
  3. 3
    Primera enseñanza que se da a un niño.
  4. 4
    Suerte o fortuna que tiene uno en algún asunto, especialmente si muy favorable.
  5. 5
    Líquido viscoso y blanquecino producido por las glándulas del tracto urogenital masculino que es excretado por el pene durante la eyaculación que acompaña al orgasmo del macho de los mamíferos.
  6. 6
    Preparado cosmético de consistencia cremosa y ligera.
  7. 7
    Golpe que se hace en la cara con la palma de la mano.
  8. 8
    Golpe fortuito.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lcehe,lecche,leceh,lechhe,lehce,lleche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for leche

Misspelling Variants of "leche"

lcehe5lecche6leceh5lechhe6lehce5lleche6
Misspelling Variants of "leche"

Frequency rank: #1,580 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leche"?
"leche" is spelled L-E-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlet͡ʃe].
What does "leche" mean?
As a noun, "leche" means: Sustancia líquida de color blanco y de alto valor nutritivo que se produce en las mamas de las hembras de los mamíferos para alimentar a sus crías. Para consumo humano es común emplear la producida...
What words are commonly confused with "leche"?
"leche" is commonly confused with "leve", "Luce", "lucha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "leche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leche" is [ˈlet͡ʃe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leche" come from?
"leche" 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.