lechuga
[leˈt͡ʃuɣ̞a]
The verdict
“lechuga” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,629
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Lactuca sativa) Planta compuesta, cultivada en huertas, cuyas hojas se comen en ensalada.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lechuga · lechuga · Spanish
lechuga · rank #16,629 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,629
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH let
Nearest frequency peer: let (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “lechuga”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- Juliana
Juliana
83,376 corpus weight
- justificada
justificada
83,375 corpus weight
- justifican
justifican
83,374 corpus weight
- lechuga
lechuga
83,372 corpus weight
- let
let
83,371 corpus weight
- lineamientos
lineamientos
83,369 corpus weight
What this shows “lechuga” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lechuga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [leˈt͡ʃuɣ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #16,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “lechuga”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around lechuga (IPA [leˈt͡ʃuɣ̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,629 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for lechuga, with forms such as "elchuga", "lcehuga", and "lecchuga". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "lectura", "lechuza", "lechugas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is lechuga, spelled L-E-C-H-U-G-A.
Definition
- 1(Lactuca sativa) Planta compuesta, cultivada en huertas, cuyas hojas se comen en ensalada.
- 2Pliegue que hace una tela, imitando las hojas de la lechuga.
- 3Nombre dado al dólar estadounidense a juzgar por el color de las piezas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elchuga
- lcehuga
- lecchuga
- lechgua
- lechhuga
- lechuag
- lechugga
- lecuhga
- lehcuga
- llechuga
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lechuga - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lechuga", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).