Lima
[ˈlima]
The verdict
“Lima” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,862. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,862
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad capital del Perú.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lima · Lima · Spanish
Lima · rank #1,862 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,862
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH letras
Nearest frequency peer: letras (-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 “Lima”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- km
km
98,141 corpus weight
- letras
letras
98,140 corpus weight
- Lima
Lima
98,139 corpus weight
- lindo
lindo
98,138 corpus weight
- llegada
llegada
98,137 corpus weight
- merece
merece
98,136 corpus weight
What this shows “Lima” 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 | Lima |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈlima] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Lima”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Lima (IPA [ˈlima]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,862 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lima, with forms such as "ilma", "liam", and "limma". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lin", "lpm", "Loa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Lima, spelled L-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1Ciudad capital del Perú.
- 2Apellido.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilma
- liam
- limma
- llima
- lmia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lima - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Lima", 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).