llamar
[ʝaˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“llamar” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,249 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #1,249
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Utilizar una palabra o expresión para referirse a alguien o algo.
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 | llamar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʝaˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “llamar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for llamar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʝaˈmaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,249 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for llamar, with forms such as "lalmar", "lamar", and "llaamr". 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, "llamo", "llame", "llana", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is llamar, spelled L-L-A-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Utilizar una palabra o expresión para referirse a alguien o algo.
- 2Designar a alguien o algo con una palabra o expresión que desde ese momento le servirá para identificarlo.
- 3Llamar la atención de alguien hacia sí mismo, mediante el uso de alguna señal visual, auditiva, táctil, etc, y más comùnmente usando una palabra o expresión que lo identifica.
- 4Pedir la atención de parte de una deidad, ser inmaterial o imaginario.
- 5Hacer uso del teléfono para comunicarse con alguien.
- 6Llevar una cosa hacia otra.
- 7Dar instrucciones para que una o más personas acudan a cierto lugar o evento.
- 8Entre personas, darse determinado tratamiento, ya más cortés, ya más informal.
- 9Dicho del viento, tomar otra dirección.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lalmar,lamar,llaamr,llamarr,llammar,llamra,llmaar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of llamar - 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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Using “llamar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-L-A-M-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʝaˈmaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “llamo” - see the side-by-side comparison. llamar vs llamo
- 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.