Lecuona
[leˈkwona]
The verdict
“Lecuona” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,752 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,752
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lecuona · Lecuona · Spanish
Lecuona · rank #99,752 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,752
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,327
- PHOTO-FINISH leben
Nearest frequency peer: leben (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Lecuona”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lastimaste
lastimaste
255 corpus weight
- lastrado
lastrado
254 corpus weight
- latifundista
latifundista
253 corpus weight
- leben
leben
250 corpus weight
- Lecuona
Lecuona
249 corpus weight
- levántese
levántese
244 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Lecuona” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lecuona |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [leˈkwona] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lecuona” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Lecuona is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,752 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [leˈkwona]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".
Lecuona doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Lecuona, spelled L-E-C-U-O-N-A.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.