literario

/[lit̪eˈɾaɾjo]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,852

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

literario is anSpanishadj. It means: Que pertenece a la literatura, se relaciona con ella, o tiene características asociadas con ella. Pronounced [lit̪eˈɾaɾjo]. It ranks #5,852 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with literato and literarios.

Key facts for literario
PropertyValue
Headwordliterario
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[lit̪eˈɾaɾjo]
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,852
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of literario in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for literario is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lit̪eˈɾaɾjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,852 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que pertenece a la literatura, se relaciona con ella, o tiene características asociadas con ella.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for literario, with forms such as "ilterario", "lietrario", and "litearrio". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "literato", "literarios", "literaria", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is literario, spelled L-I-T-E-R-A-R-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que pertenece a la literatura, se relaciona con ella, o tiene características asociadas con ella.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilterario,lietrario,litearrio,literairo,literaroi,literarrio,literraio,literrario,litreario,litterario,lliterario,ltierario

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for literario

Misspelling Variants of "literario"

ilterario9lietrario9litearrio9literairo9literaroi9literarrio10literraio9literrario10
Misspelling Variants of "literario"

Frequency rank: #5,852 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "literario"?
"literario" is spelled L-I-T-E-R-A-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [lit̪eˈɾaɾjo].
What does "literario" mean?
As an adj, "literario" means: Que pertenece a la literatura, se relaciona con ella, o tiene características asociadas con ella.
What words are commonly confused with "literario"?
"literario" is commonly confused with "literato", "literarios", "literaria". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "literario"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "literario" is [lit̪eˈɾaɾjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "literario" come from?
"literario" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.