lenga
[ˈlẽŋga]
The verdict
“lenga” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Nothofagus pumilio) Árbol de la familia de las notofagáceas nativo de los bosques andino-patagónicos (sur de Argentina y Chile). Posee hoja caduca, tronco grisáceo y flores unisexuales poco vistos...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lenga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlẽŋga] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lenga” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lenga is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlẽŋga]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Nothofagus pumilio) Árbol de la familia de las notofagáceas nativo de los bosques andino-patagónicos (sur de Argentina y Chile). Posee hoja caduca, tronco grisáceo y flores unisexuales poco vistos...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lenga, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 lenga, spelled L-E-N-G-A.
Definition
- 1(Nothofagus pumilio) Árbol de la familia de las notofagáceas nativo de los bosques andino-patagónicos (sur de Argentina y Chile). Posee hoja caduca, tronco grisáceo y flores unisexuales poco vistosas. Su madera es apreciada para la construcción.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “lenga”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-N-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlẽŋga] (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.