llama
[ˈʝama]
The verdict
“llama” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #611) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #611
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,069
- “L” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Luz emitida por los electrones excitados con la energía liberada en los procesos de combustión dentro de atmósferas ricas en oxígeno.
Corpus desk
Index ES-llama · llama · Spanish
llama · rank #611 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #611
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,069
- PHOTO-FINISH leer
Nearest frequency peer: leer (-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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “llama”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- experiencia
experiencia
99,393 corpus weight
- jefe
jefe
99,392 corpus weight
- leer
leer
99,391 corpus weight
- llama
llama
99,390 corpus weight
- llevar
llevar
99,389 corpus weight
- miembros
miembros
99,388 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “llama” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | llama |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʝama] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “llama”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for llama is neighbouring look-alikes ("loma", "llega", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈʝama]. Frequency #611 among 2,069 “L” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for llama, with forms such as "lalma", "llaam", and "llamma". 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, "loma", "llega", "llena", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is llama, spelled L-L-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1Luz emitida por los electrones excitados con la energía liberada en los procesos de combustión dentro de atmósferas ricas en oxígeno.
- 2Intensidad de una emoción, pasión o deseo.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lalma
- llaam
- llamma
- llmaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of llama - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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