leyenda

/[leˈʝẽn̪d̪a]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,264

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

leyenda is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de leer Pronounced [leˈʝẽn̪d̪a]. It ranks #3,264 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with leyera and leyendo.

Key facts for leyenda
PropertyValue
Headwordleyenda
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[leˈʝẽn̪d̪a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,264
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for leyenda is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [leˈʝẽn̪d̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,264 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for leyenda, with forms such as "elyenda", "leeynda", and "leyedna". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "leyera", "leyendo", "leyendas", 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 leyenda, spelled L-E-Y-E-N-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de leer
  2. 2
    Obra para la leyenda₁
  3. 3
    Obra que narra los hechos, verídicos o fabulosos, de la vida de un santo
  4. 4
    Obra que narra hechos extraordinarios y fabulosos del pasado remoto, transmitidos por tradición como si fueran históricos
  5. 5
    Héroe de una leyenda₄
  6. 6
    Por extensión, persona admirada con devoción
  7. 7
    Texto breve que resume lo principal de una obra literaria al comienzo de la misma
  8. 8
    Texto ilustrativo o explicativo que acompaña una imagen
  9. 9
    En especial, texto inscrito como parte del diseño de monedas o medallas

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elyenda,leeynda,leyedna,leyenad,leyendda,leyennda,leyneda,leyyenda,lleyenda,lyeenda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for leyenda

Misspelling Variants of "leyenda"

elyenda7leeynda7leyedna7leyenad7leyendda8leyennda8leyneda7leyyenda8
Misspelling Variants of "leyenda"

Frequency rank: #3,264 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "leyenda"?
"leyenda" is spelled L-E-Y-E-N-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [leˈʝẽn̪d̪a].
What does "leyenda" mean?
As a noun, "leyenda" means: Acción o efecto de leer
What words are commonly confused with "leyenda"?
"leyenda" is commonly confused with "leyera", "leyendo", "leyendas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "leyenda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "leyenda" is [leˈʝẽn̪d̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "leyenda" come from?
"leyenda" 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.