literatura

/[lit̪eɾaˈt̪uɾa]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,552

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

literatura is aSpanishnoun. It means: Arte que se expresa con el uso de una lengua y que se consolida como conocimiento por medio de la escritura. Pronounced [lit̪eɾaˈt̪uɾa]. It ranks #1,552 in Spanish word frequency.

Key facts for literatura
PropertyValue
Headwordliteratura
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[lit̪eɾaˈt̪uɾa]
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,552
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for literatura is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lit̪eɾaˈt̪uɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,552 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for literatura, with forms such as "ilteratura", "lietratura", and "liteartura". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 literatura, spelled L-I-T-E-R-A-T-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arte que se expresa con el uso de una lengua y que se consolida como conocimiento por medio de la escritura.
  2. 2
    Conjunto de obras literarias unidas por una determinada característica.
  3. 3
    Disciplina que estudia la estructura y producción de las obras literarias de índole artística.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilteratura,lietratura,liteartura,literatrua,literattura,literatuar,literaturra,literautra,literratura,litertaura,litreatura,litteratura,lliteratura,ltieratura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for literatura

Misspelling Variants of "literatura"

ilteratura10lietratura10liteartura10literatrua10literattura11literatuar10literaturra11literautra10
Misspelling Variants of "literatura"

Frequency rank: #1,552 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "literatura"?
"literatura" is spelled L-I-T-E-R-A-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [lit̪eɾaˈt̪uɾa].
What does "literatura" mean?
As a noun, "literatura" means: Arte que se expresa con el uso de una lengua y que se consolida como conocimiento por medio de la escritura.
What are common misspellings of "literatura"?
Common misspellings include "ilteratura", "lietratura", "liteartura", "literatrua", "literattura". The correct spelling is "literatura".
How do you pronounce "literatura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "literatura" is [lit̪eɾaˈt̪uɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "literatura" come from?
"literatura" 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.