lengua materna
[ˈlẽŋgwa maˈt̪eɾna]
The verdict
“lengua materna” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La primera lengua que aprende una persona.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lengua materna |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈlẽŋgwa maˈt̪eɾna] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lengua materna” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for lengua materna is 14 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlẽŋgwa maˈt̪eɾna]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "La primera lengua que aprende una persona.".
lengua materna doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is lengua materna, spelled L-E-N-G-U-A- -M-A-T-E-R-N-A.
Definition
- 1La primera lengua que aprende una persona.
This word in other languages
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 “lengua materna”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-N-G-U-A- -M-A-T-E-R-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈlẽŋgwa maˈt̪eɾna] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.