leguminosa

/[leɣ̞umiˈnosa]/ adj

The verdict

“leguminosa” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #97,581 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.

#97,581
frequency rank, Spanish
10
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Forma del femenino de leguminoso.

Key facts for leguminosa
PropertyValue
Headwordleguminosa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[leɣ̞umiˈnosa]
Letters10
Frequency rank#97,581
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “leguminosa” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). leguminosa lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for leguminosa is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [leɣ̞umiˈnosa]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,581 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de leguminoso.".

No misspelling variants are generated for leguminosa in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is leguminosa, spelled L-E-G-U-M-I-N-O-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino de leguminoso.

Frequency rank: #97,581 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leguminosa"?
"leguminosa" is spelled L-E-G-U-M-I-N-O-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [leɣ̞umiˈnosa].
What does "leguminosa" mean?
As an adjective, "leguminosa" means: Forma del femenino de leguminoso.
How do you pronounce "leguminosa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leguminosa" is [leɣ̞umiˈnosa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leguminosa" come from?
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Using “leguminosa”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-G-U-M-I-N-O-S-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [leɣ̞umiˈnosa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.