llenar

/[ʝeˈnaɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,173

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

llenar is aSpanishverb. It means: Ocupar con alguna cosa un espacio vacío de cualquier especie. Pronounced [ʝeˈnaɾ]. It ranks #4,173 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with lleno and lunar.

Key facts for llenar
PropertyValue
Headwordllenar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʝeˈnaɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,173
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for llenar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʝeˈnaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,173 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 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 llenar, with forms such as "lelnar", "lenar", and "lleanr". 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, "lleno", "lunar", "llené", 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 llenar, spelled L-L-E-N-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ocupar con alguna cosa un espacio vacío de cualquier especie.
  2. 2
    Parecer bien, satisfacer una cosa.
  3. 3
    Cargar, colmar abundantemente.
  4. 4
    Hartarse de comida o bebida.
  5. 5
    Con la preposición de seguida de un sustantivo, cubrirse de lo que éste expresa. También indica sentirse sujeto a la influencia de lo que expresa el sustantivo.
  6. 6
    Untarse, emplastarse.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lelnar,lenar,lleanr,llenarr,llennar,llenra,llnear

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for llenar

Misspelling Variants of "llenar"

lelnar6lenar5lleanr6llenarr7llennar7llenra6llnear6
Misspelling Variants of "llenar"

Frequency rank: #4,173 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "llenar"?
"llenar" is spelled L-L-E-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʝeˈnaɾ].
What does "llenar" mean?
As a verb, "llenar" means: Ocupar con alguna cosa un espacio vacío de cualquier especie.
What words are commonly confused with "llenar"?
"llenar" is commonly confused with "lleno", "lunar", "llené". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "llenar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "llenar" is [ʝeˈnaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "llenar" come from?
"llenar" 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.