lenteja
[lẽn̪ˈt̪exa]
The verdict
“lenteja” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #60,933 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #60,933
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Lens culinaris) Planta anual herbácea, de la familia de las Papilionáceas, con tallos de tres a cuatro decímetros, endebles, ramosos y estriados, hojas oblongas, estípulas lanceoladas, zarcillos p...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lenteja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lẽn̪ˈt̪exa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,933 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lenteja” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for lenteja is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lẽn̪ˈt̪exa]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,933 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
lenteja doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is lenteja, spelled L-E-N-T-E-J-A.
Definition
- 1(Lens culinaris) Planta anual herbácea, de la familia de las Papilionáceas, con tallos de tres a cuatro decímetros, endebles, ramosos y estriados, hojas oblongas, estípulas lanceoladas, zarcillos poco arrollados, flores blancas con venas moradas, sobre un pedúnculo axilar, y fruto en vaina pequeña, con dos o tres semillas pardas en forma de disco de medio centímetro de diámetro aproximadamente.
- 2Semilla de la lenteja₁, muy apreciada en la cocina.
- 3Lentitud.
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); 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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Using “lenteja”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-N-T-E-J-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lẽn̪ˈt̪exa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.