letanía
[let̪aˈnia]
The verdict
“letanía” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #56,436 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #56,436
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rogativa, súplica que se hace a Dios con cierto orden, invocando a la Santísima Trinidad y poniendo por medianeros a Jesucristo, la Virgen y los santos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | letanía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [let̪aˈnia] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “letanía” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for letanía is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [let̪aˈnia]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,436 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.
No generated misspelling entries exist for letanía in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is letanía, spelled L-E-T-A-N-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Rogativa, súplica que se hace a Dios con cierto orden, invocando a la Santísima Trinidad y poniendo por medianeros a Jesucristo, la Virgen y los santos.
- 2Procesión que se hace regularmente por una rogativa cantando las letanías.
- 3Lista, retahíla, enumeración seguida de muchos nombres, locuciones o frases.
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 “letanía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-T-A-N-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [let̪aˈnia] (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
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.