libélula
[liˈβ̞elula]
The verdict
“libélula” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,645 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,645
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “libélula” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
libélula is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,645 among 17,327 “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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Using “libélula”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-I-B-É-L-U-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.