legua
[ˈleɣ̞wa]
The verdict
“legua” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #31,419 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #31,419
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Medida de longitud, de dimensión variable según los sistemas, aproximadamente equivalente a la distancia recorrida durante una hora caminando a paso normal.
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 | legua |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈleɣ̞wa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,419 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “legua” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for legua is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈleɣ̞wa]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,419 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Medida de longitud, de dimensión variable según los sistemas, aproximadamente equivalente a la distancia recorrida durante una hora caminando a paso normal.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for legua, with forms such as "elgua", "legau", and "leggua". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "liga", "lema", "leía", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is legua, spelled L-E-G-U-A.
Definition
- 1Medida de longitud, de dimensión variable según los sistemas, aproximadamente equivalente a la distancia recorrida durante una hora caminando a paso normal.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elgua,legau,leggua,leuga,lgeua,llegua
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of legua - 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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Using “legua”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-G-U-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈleɣ̞wa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “liga” - see the side-by-side comparison. legua vs liga
- 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.