línea

/[ˈlinea]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#445

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

línea is aSpanishnoun. It means: Serie continua de puntos sucesivos formando una raya o segmento longitudinal en cualquier trayecto (recto, curvo, etc.). Pronounced [ˈlinea]. It ranks #445 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Luna and link.

Key facts for línea
PropertyValue
Headwordlínea
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlinea]
Letters5
Frequency rank#445
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for línea is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlinea]. Corpus data places it at rank #445 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for línea, with forms such as "llínea", "lníea", and "líena". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Luna", "link", "Lisa", and more, 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 línea, spelled L-Í-N-E-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Serie continua de puntos sucesivos formando una raya o segmento longitudinal en cualquier trayecto (recto, curvo, etc.).
  2. 2
    Intervención individual de cada actor o intérprete en un diálogo.
  3. 3
    En gobierno y empresas, sucesión de cargos y mandos en orden de jerarquía o autoridad.
  4. 4
    Dirección, orientación, estilo o tendencia en la manera de proceder o de comportarse.
  5. 5
    Límite o extremo de una figura, territorio, concepto, etc.
  6. 6
    Cada una de las hileras de texto horizontal en un escrito.
  7. 7
    Serie continua de elementos (personas, animales o cosas) ubicados uno detrás o al lado de otro (alineados).
  8. 8
    Progresión del parentesco.
  9. 9
    Servicio, conexión o suministro de comunicación a distancia, sea electrónica, eléctrica o digital.
  10. 10
    Entre adictos, una dosis larga y delgada de cocaína.
  11. 11
    Medida antigua de longitud que equivale a 1/12 pulgada o 2,116 mm.
  12. 12
    Formación de tropas, soldados o unidades en determinado orden para fines específicos.
  13. 13
    Demarcación o límite de la zona controlada por un ejército al enfrentar a otros.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llínea,lníea,líena,línae,línnea,ílnea

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for línea

Misspelling Variants of "línea"

llínea6lníea5líena5línae5línnea6ílnea5
Misspelling Variants of "línea"

Frequency rank: #445 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "línea"?
"línea" is spelled L-Í-N-E-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlinea].
What does "línea" mean?
As a noun, "línea" means: Serie continua de puntos sucesivos formando una raya o segmento longitudinal en cualquier trayecto (recto, curvo, etc.).
What words are commonly confused with "línea"?
"línea" is commonly confused with "Luna", "link", "Lisa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "línea"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "línea" is [ˈlinea]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "línea" come from?
"línea" 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.