ligeramente

/[liˌxeɾaˈmẽn̪t̪e]/ adv

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,328

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

ligeramente is anSpanishadv. It means: De manera ligera o con poca profundidad o con poca seriedad. Pronounced [liˌxeɾaˈmẽn̪t̪e]. It ranks #5,328 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with literalmente.

Key facts for ligeramente
PropertyValue
Headwordligeramente
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdv
IPA[liˌxeɾaˈmẽn̪t̪e]
Letters11
Frequency rank#5,328
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ligeramente is 11 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [liˌxeɾaˈmẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,328 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De manera ligera o con poca profundidad o con poca seriedad.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for ligeramente, with forms such as "ilgeramente", "lgieramente", and "liegramente". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "literalmente", 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 ligeramente, spelled L-I-G-E-R-A-M-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De manera ligera o con poca profundidad o con poca seriedad.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilgeramente,lgieramente,liegramente,ligearmente,ligeraemnte,ligeramenet,ligeramennte,ligeramentte,ligerametne,ligerammente,ligeramnete,ligermaente,ligerramente,liggeramente,ligreamente,lligeramente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ligeramente

Misspelling Variants of "ligeramente"

ilgeramente11lgieramente11liegramente11ligearmente11ligeraemnte11ligeramenet11ligeramennte12ligeramentte12
Misspelling Variants of "ligeramente"

Frequency rank: #5,328 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ligeramente"?
"ligeramente" is spelled L-I-G-E-R-A-M-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [liˌxeɾaˈmẽn̪t̪e].
What does "ligeramente" mean?
As an adv, "ligeramente" means: De manera ligera o con poca profundidad o con poca seriedad.
What words are commonly confused with "ligeramente"?
"ligeramente" is commonly confused with "literalmente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ligeramente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ligeramente" is [liˌxeɾaˈmẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ligeramente" come from?
"ligeramente" 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.