lechina
[leˈt͡ʃina]
The verdict
“lechina” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enfermedad contagiosa causada por el virus varicela-zoster, un virus de la familia de los herpesvirus que también es el causante del herpes zóster. Es una de las enfermedades clásicas de la infanci...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lechina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [leˈt͡ʃina] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lechina” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lechina is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [leˈt͡ʃina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enfermedad contagiosa causada por el virus varicela-zoster, un virus de la familia de los herpesvirus que también es el causante del herpes zóster. Es una de las enfermedades clásicas de la infanci...".
Zero misspellings are on record for lechina in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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. The correct Spanish form is lechina, spelled L-E-C-H-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Enfermedad contagiosa causada por el virus varicela-zoster, un virus de la familia de los herpesvirus que también es el causante del herpes zóster. Es una de las enfermedades clásicas de la infancia, que en los niños suele ser leve pero en adolescentes y adultos tiene mayor riesgo de complicaciones. La enfermedad dura alrededor de una semana.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “lechina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-C-H-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [leˈt͡ʃina] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.