lijar
[liˈxaɾ]
The verdict
“lijar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,092 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,092
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pasar con lija a una superficie u otro material abrasivo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lijar · lijar · Spanish
lijar · rank #91,092 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,092
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH Liarte
Nearest frequency peer: Liarte (-2 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 “lijar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Leguina
Leguina
8,914 corpus weight
- Liarte
Liarte
8,911 corpus weight
- lijar
lijar
8,909 corpus weight
- limpiadoras
limpiadoras
8,906 corpus weight
- llegarías
llegarías
8,904 corpus weight
- lobotomía
lobotomía
8,902 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “lijar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lijar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [liˈxaɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #91,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “lijar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
lijar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,092 among 2,069 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [liˈxaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pasar con lija a una superficie u otro material abrasivo.".
No misspelling variants are generated for lijar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is lijar, spelled L-I-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1Pasar con lija a una superficie u otro material abrasivo.
This word in other languages
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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