lilo
[ˈlilo]
The verdict
“lilo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,028 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,028
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arbusto de la familia de las oleáceas, de tres a cuatro metros de altura, muy ramoso, con hojas pecioladas, enteras, acorazonadas, puntiagudas, blandas y nerviosas, flores de color morado claro, sa...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lilo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlilo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lilo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lilo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,028 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlilo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lilo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is lilo, spelled L-I-L-O.
Definition
- 1Arbusto de la familia de las oleáceas, de tres a cuatro metros de altura, muy ramoso, con hojas pecioladas, enteras, acorazonadas, puntiagudas, blandas y nerviosas, flores de color morado claro, salvo en la variedad que las tiene blancas, olorosas, pequeñas, de corola tubular partida en cuatro lóbulos iguales y en grandes ramilletes erguidos y cónicos, y fruto capsular, comprimido, negro, coriáceo, con dos semillas. Es planta originaria de Persia y muy cultivada en los jardines por la belleza de sus flores.
- 2Hombre afeminado
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 “lilo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-I-L-O - 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.