litro

/[ˈlit̪ɾo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,701

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

litro is aSpanishnoun. It means: Unidad de volumen, representada por el símbolo L o l, que corresponde aproximadamente al espacio que ocupa un kilógramo de agua a una atmósfera de presión. Equivale a un decímetro cúbico (dm³) en e... Pronounced [ˈlit̪ɾo]. Often confused with luto and loro.

Key facts for litro
PropertyValue
Headwordlitro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlit̪ɾo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,701
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for litro is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlit̪ɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,701 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Unidad de volumen, representada por el símbolo L o l, que corresponde aproximadamente al espacio que ocupa un kilógramo de agua a una atmósfera de presión. Equivale a un decímetro cúbico (dm³) en e...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for litro, with forms such as "iltro", "lirto", and "litor". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "luto", "loro", "loto", 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 litro, spelled L-I-T-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unidad de volumen, representada por el símbolo L o l, que corresponde aproximadamente al espacio que ocupa un kilógramo de agua a una atmósfera de presión. Equivale a un decímetro cúbico (dm³) en el Sistema Internacional de Unidades.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iltro,lirto,litor,litrro,littro,llitro,ltiro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for litro

Misspelling Variants of "litro"

iltro5lirto5litor5litrro6littro6llitro6ltiro5
Misspelling Variants of "litro"

Frequency rank: #10,701 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "litro"?
"litro" is spelled L-I-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlit̪ɾo].
What does "litro" mean?
As a noun, "litro" means: Unidad de volumen, representada por el símbolo L o l, que corresponde aproximadamente al espacio que ocupa un kilógramo de agua a una atmósfera de presión. Equivale a un decímetro cúbico (dm³) en e...
What words are commonly confused with "litro"?
"litro" is commonly confused with "luto", "loro", "loto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "litro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "litro" is [ˈlit̪ɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "litro" come from?
"litro" 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.