lengua materna
[ˈlẽŋgwa maˈt̪eɾna]
The verdict
“lengua materna” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La primera lengua que aprende una persona.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lengua-materna · lengua materna · Spanish
lengua materna · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “lengua materna” en español
Rare enough to double-check
lengua materna is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈlẽŋgwa maˈt̪eɾna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.