lira

Name: lira, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈliɾa]

/[ˈliɾa]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“lira” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #21,054) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#21,054
frequency rank, Spanish: 2,069
“L” headwords: 4
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumento musical de cuerda utilizado en la Antigüedad, formado por varias cuerdas tensadas en un marco cuya vibración amplifica el sonido de las mismas.

Corpus desk

Index ES-lira · lira · Spanish

lira · rank #21,054 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #21,054
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-LOW 4 variants
BOOK-MID 2,069
PHOTO-FINISH lingüísticos

Nearest frequency peer: lingüísticos (-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.

ligadas

78,950
limitando

78,949
lingüísticos

78,948
lira

78,947
machistas

78,945
manguera

78,944

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

lira vs Loa

25% similar

lira vs lis

50% similar

lira vs lit

50% similar

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

Key facts for lira
Property	Value
Headword	lira
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈliɾa]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#21,054
Misspellings tracked	4
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “lira”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).liracae aquí:

#21,054

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “lingüísticos” (#21,053), “limitando” (#21,052), “machistas” (#21,056). Entre 2,069 lemas con “L”, “lira” va en #21,054. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for lira is neighbouring look-alikes ("Loa", "lis", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈliɾa]. Frequency #21,054 among 2,069 “L” headwords. 8 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for lira, with forms such as "ilra", "lirra", and "llira". 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, "Loa", "lis", "lit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is lira, spelled L-I-R-A.

Definition

1
Instrumento musical de cuerda utilizado en la Antigüedad, formado por varias cuerdas tensadas en un marco cuya vibración amplifica el sonido de las mismas.
2
Por extensión, la poesía lírica en general, y la inspiración necesaria para ésta.
3
Forma poética con rima ABABB y métrica 7-11-7-7-11
4
Forma poética con estrofas de seis versos de métrica variable y rima ABABCC
5
Antigua unidad monetaria de Israel, sustituída por el nuevo séquel
6
Unidad monetaria de Italia, sustituída por el euro desde el 2002
7
Unidad monetaria de Malta, sustituída por el euro desde el 2008
8
Unidad monetaria de Turquía, sustituída por la nueva lira turca

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ilra
lirra
llira
lria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lira - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "lira"

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 "lira"?

"lira" is spelled L-I-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈliɾa].

What does "lira" mean?

As a noun, "lira" means: Instrumento musical de cuerda utilizado en la Antigüedad, formado por varias cuerdas tensadas en un marco cuya vibración amplifica el sonido de las mismas.

What words are commonly confused with "lira"?

"lira" is commonly confused with "Loa", "lis", "lit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "lira"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lira" is [ˈliɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "lira" come from?

"lira" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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