letra
Spanish, noun/ˈletɾa/
letra is spelled L-E-T-R-A (5 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,115th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Letra is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “letter (symbol)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Símbolo gráfico de un alfabeto”.
What does letra mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineletter (symbol)
- 2
femininehandwriting
- 3
femininelyrics
- 4
feminineinstallment, payment (of a loan or debt)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Símbolo gráfico de un alfabeto. 2. Cada uno de los fonemas que estos símbolos pueden representar. 3. Pieza de metal fundida en forma de prisma rectangular, con una letra₁ u otra figura relevada en una de las bases, para que pueda estamparse. 4. Forma característica que tiene cada persona de escribir las letras; escritura. ₁
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of letra
- letras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce letra?
- /ˈletɾa/
- [ˈle.t̪ɾa]
- [ˈlet̪ɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to letra
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is letra in Spanish?
letra appears 41 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).