lino

[ˈlino]

/[ˈlino]/ noun

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The verdict

“lino” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #14,638) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#14,638
frequency rank, Spanish
2,069
“L” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Linum spp.) Género de plantas herbáceas nativas de la India, cultivadas desde la Antigüedad por sus varias propiedades; se utiliza su fibra para hilandería, y su semilla, llamada linaza, para prod...

Corpus desk

Index ES-lino · lino · Spanish

lino · rank #14,638 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,638
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,069
  • PHOTO-FINISH librerías

Nearest frequency peer: librerías (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “lino”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “lino” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

lino vs lo
50% similar
lino vs lio
75% similar
lino vs lis
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for lino
PropertyValue
Headwordlino
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlino]
Letters4
Frequency rank#14,638
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “lino”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.linocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “librerías” (#14,637), “lpm” (#14,639), “latitud” (#14,635). Entre 2,069 lemas con “L”, “lino” va en #14,638. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for lino is neighbouring look-alikes ("lo", "lio", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈlino]. Frequency #14,638 among 2,069 “L” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for lino, with forms such as "ilno", "linno", and "llino". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lo", "lio", "lis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is lino, spelled L-I-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Linum spp.) Género de plantas herbáceas nativas de la India, cultivadas desde la Antigüedad por sus varias propiedades; se utiliza su fibra para hilandería, y su semilla, llamada linaza, para producir harina y aceite. Son hierbas de pequeño tamaño, hasta 70 cm, con el tallo recto, hueco y cilíndrico, las hojas angostas y puntiagudas, de color verde muy brillante, y flores terminales de color azul claro. De las numerosas especies la de más valor comercial es L. usitatissimum.
  2. 2
    Fibra hilable obtenida de esta planta.
  3. 3
    Tela hilada a partir de la fibra de esta planta, muy flexible, ligera y suave al tacto.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how lino appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. También mi ropa empezó a estropearse notablemente. No tenía lino desde hacía mucho, salvo unas camisas a cuadros.

This word in other languages

flax(English)lin(Français)Lein(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilno
  • linno
  • llino
  • lnio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lino - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ilno2linno1llino1lnio2
Edit distance from "lino"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lino"?
"lino" is spelled L-I-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlino].
What does "lino" mean?
As a noun, "lino" means: (Linum spp.) Género de plantas herbáceas nativas de la India, cultivadas desde la Antigüedad por sus varias propiedades; se utiliza su fibra para hilandería, y su semilla, llamada linaza, para prod...
What words are commonly confused with "lino"?
"lino" is commonly confused with "lo", "lio", "lis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lino"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lino" is [ˈlino]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lino" come from?
"lino" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lino", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

iron#14,630fumo#14,599said#14,705Vila#14,736

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list