lenguado
[lẽŋˈgwað̞o]
The verdict
“lenguado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,496 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,496
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pez del orden de los acantopterigios subranquiales, de 25 a 30 centímetros de largo, cuerpo elíptico comprimido, casi plano, falto de simetría en algunos órganos, principalmente en los ojos, ambos ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-lenguado · lenguado · Spanish
lenguado · rank #76,496 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,496
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH legajos
Nearest frequency peer: legajos (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “lenguado”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Larisa
Larisa
23,509 corpus weight
- legajos
legajos
23,506 corpus weight
- lenguado
lenguado
23,505 corpus weight
- levitar
levitar
23,503 corpus weight
- lez
lez
23,502 corpus weight
- liberto
liberto
23,501 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “lenguado” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lenguado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lẽŋˈgwað̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,496 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “lenguado” en español
Rare enough to double-check
lenguado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,496 among 2,069 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [lẽŋˈgwað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pez del orden de los acantopterigios subranquiales, de 25 a 30 centímetros de largo, cuerpo elíptico comprimido, casi plano, falto de simetría en algunos órganos, principalmente en los ojos, ambos ...".
lenguado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is lenguado, spelled L-E-N-G-U-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Pez del orden de los acantopterigios subranquiales, de 25 a 30 centímetros de largo, cuerpo elíptico comprimido, casi plano, falto de simetría en algunos órganos, principalmente en los ojos, ambos situados a un mismo lado de la boca, que es lateral y torcida; aletas dorsal y anal que rodean todo el pez, el cual esde color pardo por encima y blanco por debajo. Vive en el fondo del mar, echado siempre del mismo lado, y su carne es comestible y muy apreciada.
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.
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