lengüeta
The verdict
“lengüeta” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #63,193 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #63,193
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Cualquier prolongación delgada, larga y flexible que sobresale de una superficie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lengüeta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lẽŋˈgwet̪a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lengüeta” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for lengüeta is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lẽŋˈgwet̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,193 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for lengüeta in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 lengüeta, spelled L-E-N-G-Ü-E-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Cualquier prolongación delgada, larga y flexible que sobresale de una superficie.
- 2Adorno con forma de lengüeta.
- 3Tabique pequeño de ladrillo con que se fortifican las embocaduras de las bóvedas, o se separan los cañones de algunas chimeneas.
- 4Espiga prolongada que se labra a lo largo del canto de una tabla o un tablón, generalmente de un tercio de grueso y con objeto de encajarla en una ranura de otra pieza.
- 5Especie de compresa larga y estrecha que se aplica en las amputaciones, fracturas, etc.
- 6Tira de cuero o de tela que está debajo de los cordones de los zapatos y zapatillas.
- 7Epiglotis.
- 8Taco, generalmente de madera, cortado en bisel por un lado y labrado por el otro, que se encastra en la boquilla de la flauta para que suene.
- 9Cuchilla de acero que forma parte del ingenio usado por los encuadernadores.
- 10Hierro en forma de anzuelo que tienen las garrochas, saetas, banderillas, etc.
- 11Horquilla que sostiene abierta la trampa o armadijo de coger pájaros.
- 12Barrena que se usa para agrandar y terminar los agujeros empezados con el berbiquí.
- 13Fiel (parte de la balanza).
- 14Bajalenguas.
Frequency rank: #63,193 in Spanish
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Using “lengüeta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-N-G-Ü-E-T-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lẽŋˈgwet̪a] (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
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