llamar

/[ʝaˈmaɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,249

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

llamar is aSpanishverb. It means: Utilizar una palabra o expresión para referirse a alguien o algo. Pronounced [ʝaˈmaɾ]. It ranks #1,249 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with llamo and llame.

Key facts for llamar
PropertyValue
Headwordllamar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʝaˈmaɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,249
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for llamar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for llamar, with forms such as "lalmar", "lamar", and "llaamr". 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, "llamo", "llame", "llana", 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 llamar, spelled L-L-A-M-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Utilizar una palabra o expresión para referirse a alguien o algo.
  2. 2
    Designar a alguien o algo con una palabra o expresión que desde ese momento le servirá para identificarlo.
  3. 3
    Llamar 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.
  4. 4
    Pedir la atención de parte de una deidad, ser inmaterial o imaginario.
  5. 5
    Hacer uso del teléfono para comunicarse con alguien.
  6. 6
    Llevar una cosa hacia otra.
  7. 7
    Dar instrucciones para que una o más personas acudan a cierto lugar o evento.
  8. 8
    Entre personas, darse determinado tratamiento, ya más cortés, ya más informal.
  9. 9
    Dicho del viento, tomar otra dirección.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lalmar,lamar,llaamr,llamarr,llammar,llamra,llmaar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for llamar

Misspelling Variants of "llamar"

lalmar6lamar5llaamr6llamarr7llammar7llamra6llmaar6
Misspelling Variants of "llamar"

Frequency rank: #1,249 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "llamar"?
"llamar" is spelled L-L-A-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʝaˈmaɾ].
What does "llamar" mean?
As a verb, "llamar" means: Utilizar una palabra o expresión para referirse a alguien o algo.
What words are commonly confused with "llamar"?
"llamar" is commonly confused with "llamo", "llame", "llana". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "llamar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "llamar" is [ʝaˈmaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "llamar" come from?
"llamar" 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.