lingual
[lĩŋˈgwal]
The verdict
“lingual” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,504 among 2,069 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,504
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio de la lengua o relacionado con ella.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lingual · lingual · Spanish
lingual · rank #76,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,504
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH lijo
Nearest frequency peer: lijo (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “lingual”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- liberto
liberto
23,501 corpus weight
- librepensad…
librepensador
23,500 corpus weight
- libélulas
libélulas
23,499 corpus weight
- lijo
lijo
23,498 corpus weight
- lingual
lingual
23,497 corpus weight
- llegáramos
llegáramos
23,495 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “lingual” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lingual |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [lĩŋˈgwal] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “lingual” en español
Rare enough to double-check
lingual is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,504 among 2,069 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [lĩŋˈgwal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for lingual, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is lingual, spelled L-I-N-G-U-A-L.
Definition
- 1Propio de la lengua o relacionado con ella.
- 2Sonido consonántico en el que la punta de la lengua toca el paladar, los dientes o los alveolos.
Synonyms
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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