liana
[ˈljana]
The verdict
“liana” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,042 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,042
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bejuco.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liana |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈljana] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liana” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
liana is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,042 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈljana]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bejuco.".
Zero misspellings are on record for liana in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is liana, spelled L-I-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Bejuco.
Synonyms
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 “liana”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-I-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈljana] (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.