lija
[ˈlixa]
The verdict
“lija” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #39,317. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,317
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Papel que se utiliza para lijar madera.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lija · lija · Spanish
lija · rank #39,317 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,317
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH librada
Nearest frequency peer: librada (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “lija”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- lastimen
lastimen
60,688 corpus weight
- lead
lead
60,687 corpus weight
- leonés
leonés
60,686 corpus weight
- librada
librada
60,685 corpus weight
- lija
lija
60,684 corpus weight
- linfáticos
linfáticos
60,683 corpus weight
What this shows “lija” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lija |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlixa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #39,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “lija”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around lija (IPA [ˈlixa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,317 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for lija, with forms such as "ilja", "liaj", and "lijja". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lin", "Loa", "lio", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is lija, spelled L-I-J-A.
Definition
- 1Papel que se utiliza para lijar madera.
- 2Pez marino del orden de los selacios, de cuerpo casi cilíndrico que llega a un metro de longitud, cabeza pequeña y boca con muchos dientes de tres puntas; tiene cinco aberturas branquiales a cada lado del cuello; piel grísea con muchas pintas de color pardo rojizo en el lomo, blanquecina en la región abdominal, sin escamas, pero cubierta de una especie de granillos córneos muy duros, que la hacen sumamente áspera; las aletas dorsales tan separadas, que la última cae encima o detrás de la anal, y cola gruesa y escotada. Es animal carnicero, muy voraz, del cual se utiliza, además de la carne, la piel y el aceite que se saca de su hígado.
- 3Piel seca de este pez o de otro selacio, que por la dureza de sus granillos se emplea para limpiar y pulir metales y maderas.
- 4Hambre.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilja
- liaj
- lijja
- ljia
- llija
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lija - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lija", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).