lenguaje

/[lẽŋˈgwaxe]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,551

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

lenguaje is aSpanishnoun. It means: Sistema para la comunicación de conceptos que utiliza sonidos hablados o representados con un sistema de símbolos. Usualmente está estructurado con gramática y un sistema de escritura como un alfab... Pronounced [lẽŋˈgwaxe]. It ranks #1,551 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with lenguas and lenguajes.

Key facts for lenguaje
PropertyValue
Headwordlenguaje
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[lẽŋˈgwaxe]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,551
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lenguaje in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for lenguaje is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lẽŋˈgwaxe]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,551 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for lenguaje, with forms such as "elnguaje", "legnuaje", and "lengauje". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "lenguas", "lenguajes", "lengua", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is lenguaje, spelled L-E-N-G-U-A-J-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sistema para la comunicación de conceptos que utiliza sonidos hablados o representados con un sistema de símbolos. Usualmente está estructurado con gramática y un sistema de escritura como un alfabeto o silabario.
  2. 2
    La habilidad de comunicarse utilizando palabras.
  3. 3
    Sistema no verbal de comunicación.
  4. 4
    Manera general o particular de expresarse.
  5. 5
    Vocabulario utilizado en una actividad o profesión específica.
  6. 6
    El conjunto particular de palabras utilizadas en un discurso o en un texto.
  7. 7
    Sistema de comunicación utilizado para instruir a una computadora a realizar tareas específicas.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elnguaje,legnuaje,lengauje,lengguaje,lenguaej,lenguajje,lengujae,lennguaje,lenugaje,llenguaje,lneguaje

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lenguaje

Misspelling Variants of "lenguaje"

elnguaje8legnuaje8lengauje8lengguaje9lenguaej8lenguajje9lengujae8lennguaje9
Misspelling Variants of "lenguaje"

Frequency rank: #1,551 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lenguaje"?
"lenguaje" is spelled L-E-N-G-U-A-J-E. The IPA pronunciation is [lẽŋˈgwaxe].
What does "lenguaje" mean?
As a noun, "lenguaje" means: Sistema para la comunicación de conceptos que utiliza sonidos hablados o representados con un sistema de símbolos. Usualmente está estructurado con gramática y un sistema de escritura como un alfab...
What words are commonly confused with "lenguaje"?
"lenguaje" is commonly confused with "lenguas", "lenguajes", "lengua". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lenguaje"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lenguaje" is [lẽŋˈgwaxe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lenguaje" come from?
"lenguaje" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.