lejía

[leˈxia]

/[leˈxia]/ noun

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The verdict

“lejía” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #38,783. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,783
frequency rank, Spanish
2,069
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Solución cáustica y muy alcalina obtenida de la infusión o decocción de cenizas de madera, usada como limpiador.

Corpus desk

Index ES-lejia · lejía · Spanish

lejía · rank #38,783 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,783
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,069
  • PHOTO-FINISH Leto

Nearest frequency peer: Leto (+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 “lejía”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “lejía” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

lejía vs Lía
40% similar
lejía vs lema
60% similar
lejía vs lesa
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for lejía
PropertyValue
Headwordlejía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[leˈxia]
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,783
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “lejía”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).lejíacae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Leto” (#38,784), “lastimada” (#38,781), “laca” (#38,780). Entre 2,069 lemas con “L”, “lejía” va en #38,783. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around lejía (IPA [leˈxia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,783 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for lejía, with forms such as "eljía", "lejaí", and "lejjía". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Lía", "lema", "lesa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is lejía, spelled L-E-J-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Solución cáustica y muy alcalina obtenida de la infusión o decocción de cenizas de madera, usada como limpiador.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, solución de hipoclorito de sodio, empleada como limpiador o desinfectante.
  3. 3
    Corrección verbal de marcada vehemencia.
  4. 4
    Acción y efecto de lavar la ropa.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how lejía appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. hacen esteras, hacen jáquimas y cabestros y cinchas, hacen hilo para coser, hacen agujas, hacen clavos, hacen leña para quemar, hacen ceniza muy fuerte y buena para hacer lejía, hacen madera para sus casas, hacen cobertura para ellas, que son las pencas que dije ser como tejas y creo que son más.
  2. Primeramente le echan en mojo por muchos días para que su camisa o corteza haga correa, y después le espadan para brumarle los huesos y dejar la hebra en limpio; y después le rastillan para sacar la tosca estopa, y después se hila y tuerce, y después se teje, y después se cura para que cobre blancura, o cociéndolo con lejía, o bañándolo muchas veces en ag…

Synonyms

agua lavandinaclorolavandinaamonestaciónbroncafilípicareconvenciónregañinareprimendacolada

This word in other languages

lye(English)lessive(Français)Lauge(Deutsch)lixívia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eljía
  • lejaí
  • lejjía
  • leíja
  • ljeía
  • llejía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lejía - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eljía2lejaí2lejjía1leíja2ljeía2llejía1
Edit distance from "lejía"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lejía"?
"lejía" is spelled L-E-J-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [leˈxia].
What does "lejía" mean?
As a noun, "lejía" means: Solución cáustica y muy alcalina obtenida de la infusión o decocción de cenizas de madera, usada como limpiador.
What words are commonly confused with "lejía"?
"lejía" is commonly confused with "Lía", "lema", "lesa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lejía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lejía" is [leˈxia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lejía" come from?
"lejía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lejía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

libio#38,786intra#38,770midió#38,814Hagen#38,735

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

luck6 variantsfaire6 variantsquerré6 variantsship6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list