lían
[ˈliãn]
The verdict
“lían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,778 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,778
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de liar o de liarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lian · lían · Spanish
lían · rank #99,778 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,778
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,327
- PHOTO-FINISH lúgubres
Nearest frequency peer: lúgubres (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lían”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- locativo
locativo
229 corpus weight
- loteo
loteo
227 corpus weight
- lían
lían
223 corpus weight
- lúgubres
lúgubres
222 corpus weight
- macanudo
macanudo
221 corpus weight
- madriza
madriza
220 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lían” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈliãn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #99,778 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lían” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,778 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈliãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de liar o de liarse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lían, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct Spanish form is lían, spelled L-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de liar o de liarse.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.