lipa
[ˈlipa]
The verdict
“lipa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,667 among 17,327 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,667
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 17,327
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unidad monetaria de Croacia, centésima parte de una kuna
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lipa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlipa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lipa” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lipa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,667 among 17,327 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlipa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unidad monetaria de Croacia, centésima parte de una kuna".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lipa, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is lipa, spelled L-I-P-A.
Definition
- 1Unidad monetaria de Croacia, centésima parte de una kuna
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 “lipa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-I-P-A - 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.