liso
[ˈliso]
The verdict
“liso” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #18,599 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #18,599
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que no tiene relieve o irregularidades en su superficie.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈliso] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #18,599 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liso” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for liso is 4 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈliso]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,599 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for liso, with forms such as "ilso", "lios", and "lisso". 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", "los", "lit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is liso, spelled L-I-S-O.
Definition
- 1Que no tiene relieve o irregularidades en su superficie.
- 2Dicho de la indumentaria, que no tiene vuelos, guarniciones u otros adornos.
- 3Dicho de una tela o superficie, de color, textura y tono uniforme, sin estampado.
- 4Dicho de un vaso, que tiene el mismo ancho en la base que en la boca.
- 5Que no presenta obstáculos.
- 6Que contesta sin guardar el respeto esperado.
- 7Dicho del pelo, que no presenta ondas o curvas.
- 8Dicho de una mujer, de pechos poco prominentes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilso,lios,lisso,lliso,lsio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of liso - 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.
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 “liso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-I-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈliso] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “lo” - see the side-by-side comparison. liso vs lo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.