lego

/[ˈleɣ̞o]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,655

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lego is anSpanishadj. It means: Dicho de una persona, que no ejerce el sacerdocio ni está adscrita a ninguna orden religiosa. Pronounced [ˈleɣ̞o]. Often confused with lo and les.

Key facts for lego
PropertyValue
Headwordlego
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈleɣ̞o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,655
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for lego is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈleɣ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,655 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for lego, with forms such as "elgo", "leggo", and "leog". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lo", "les", "ley", 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 lego, spelled L-E-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dicho de una persona, que no ejerce el sacerdocio ni está adscrita a ninguna orden religiosa.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, dicho de un religioso católico, que no puede optar por tomar los votos de sacerdote.
  3. 3
    Dicho de una persona, que no tiene estudios ni formación en una materia.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elgo,leggo,leog,lgeo,llego

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lego

Misspelling Variants of "lego"

elgo4leggo5leog4lgeo4llego5
Misspelling Variants of "lego"

Frequency rank: #15,655 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lego"?
"lego" is spelled L-E-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈleɣ̞o].
What does "lego" mean?
As an adj, "lego" means: Dicho de una persona, que no ejerce el sacerdocio ni está adscrita a ninguna orden religiosa.
What words are commonly confused with "lego"?
"lego" is commonly confused with "lo", "les", "ley". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lego"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lego" is [ˈleɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lego" come from?
"lego" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our Spanish index:

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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.