llave

/[ˈʝaβ̞e]/ noun

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Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,352

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

llave is aSpanishnoun. It means: Instrumento generalmente metálico que contiene un código grabado, el cuál al introducirlo en una cerradura permite abrirla. Pronounced [ˈʝaβ̞e]. It ranks #4,352 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with lle and love.

Key facts for llave
PropertyValue
Headwordllave
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʝaβ̞e]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,352
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for llave is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʝaβ̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,352 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for llave, with forms such as "lalve", "lave", and "llabe". 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, "lle", "love", "llevo", 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 llave, spelled L-L-A-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrumento generalmente metálico que contiene un código grabado, el cuál al introducirlo en una cerradura permite abrirla.
  2. 2
    Herramienta de diferentes medidas que se ajusta de forma precisa a una tuerca para apretarla o aflojarla.
  3. 3
    Instrumento que se coloca en una tubería para regular el paso de un fluido.
  4. 4
    Mecanismo que acciona el disparador en las armas de fuego portátiles.
  5. 5
    Instrumento de metal que consiste en un cilindro pequeño con taladro, generalmente cuadrado, en su parte interior, y que sirve para dar cuerda a los relojes.
  6. 6
    Pieza, generalmente metálica que se coloca en ciertos instrumentos musicales de viento, y que, accionado por el músico, permite o no el paso del aire, modificando tonos o escalas.
  7. 7
    Cuña que asegura la unión de dos piezas de madera o de hierro, encajada entre ellas.
  8. 8
    Instrumento empleado en odontología para extraer muelas.
  9. 9
    Nombre común dado a los caracteres { y }, que permiten agrupar los elementos de un conjunto y, en algunas ocasiones, sustituir al paréntesis.
  10. 10
    En algunas clases de combate deportivo, técnica que consiste en sujetar el cuerpo del oponente de manera que quede inmovilizado o derribado.
  11. 11
    Materia correlativa.
  12. 12
    Medio que facilita el descubrimiento de lo oculto o secreto.
  13. 13
    Cosa que sirve de resguardo o defensa a otra u otras.
  14. 14
    Resorte o medio para quitar los estorbos o dificultades que se oponen a la consecución de un fin.
  15. 15
    Porción de roca o mineral que se deja cortada en forma de arco para que sirva de fortificación en las minas.
  16. 16
    Clave (del pentagrama).

Synonyms

grifocanilla

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lalve,lave,llabe,llaev,llavve,llvae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for llave

Misspelling Variants of "llave"

lalve5lave4llabe5llaev5llavve6llvae5
Misspelling Variants of "llave"

Frequency rank: #4,352 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "llave"?
"llave" is spelled L-L-A-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʝaβ̞e].
What does "llave" mean?
As a noun, "llave" means: Instrumento generalmente metálico que contiene un código grabado, el cuál al introducirlo en una cerradura permite abrirla.
What words are commonly confused with "llave"?
"llave" is commonly confused with "lle", "love", "llevo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "llave"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "llave" is [ˈʝaβ̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "llave" come from?
"llave" 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.