llover

/[ʝoˈβ̞eɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,635

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

llover is aSpanishverb. It means: Caer agua del cielo. Pronounced [ʝoˈβ̞eɾ]. Often confused with love and lower.

Key facts for llover
PropertyValue
Headwordllover
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʝoˈβ̞eɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,635
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for llover is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʝoˈβ̞eɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,635 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Caer agua del cielo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for llover, with forms such as "llober", "lloevr", and "lloverr". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "love", "lower", "lover", 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 llover, spelled L-L-O-V-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caer agua del cielo.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llober,lloevr,lloverr,llovre,llovver,llvoer,lolver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for llover

Misspelling Variants of "llover"

llober6lloevr6lloverr7llovre6llovver7llvoer6lolver6
Misspelling Variants of "llover"

Frequency rank: #12,635 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "llover"?
"llover" is spelled L-L-O-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ʝoˈβ̞eɾ].
What does "llover" mean?
As a verb, "llover" means: Caer agua del cielo.
What words are commonly confused with "llover"?
"llover" is commonly confused with "love", "lower", "lover". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "llover"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "llover" is [ʝoˈβ̞eɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "llover" come from?
"llover" 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.