libélula
[liˈβ̞elula]
The verdict
“libélula” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,645 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,645
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre cómun de los insectos pertenecientes al suborden de los anisópteros, aunque tambien se emplea para designar al orden de los odonatos. Son paleópteros, es decir, que no pueden plegar las alas...
Corpus desk
Index ES-libelula · libélula · Spanish
libélula · rank #58,645 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,645
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH Leyla
Nearest frequency peer: Leyla (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “libélula”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- legislado
legislado
41,360 corpus weight
- letrina
letrina
41,358 corpus weight
- Leyla
Leyla
41,357 corpus weight
- libélula
libélula
41,356 corpus weight
- limitaría
limitaría
41,355 corpus weight
- limpiadora
limpiadora
41,354 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “libélula” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | libélula |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [liˈβ̞elula] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “libélula” en español
Rare enough to double-check
libélula is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,645 among 2,069 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [liˈβ̞elula]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre cómun de los insectos pertenecientes al suborden de los anisópteros, aunque tambien se emplea para designar al orden de los odonatos. Son paleópteros, es decir, que no pueden plegar las alas...".
libélula has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is libélula, spelled L-I-B-É-L-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Nombre cómun de los insectos pertenecientes al suborden de los anisópteros, aunque tambien se emplea para designar al orden de los odonatos. Son paleópteros, es decir, que no pueden plegar las alas sobre el abdomen. Se caracterizan por sus grandes ojos multifacetados, dos pares de fuertes alas transparentes y abdomen alargado. Se alimentan de mosquitos y otros pequeños insectos como moscas, abejas, mariposas y polillas.
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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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