llovía

[ʝoˈβ̞ia]

/[ʝoˈβ̞ia]/ verb

The verdict

“llovía” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #31,422 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.

#31,422
frequency rank, Spanish
6
letters
7
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de llover.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

llovía vs lluvia
67% similar
llovía vs llovió
67% similar
llovía vs lluvias
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for llovía
PropertyValue
Headwordllovía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʝoˈβ̞ia]
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,422
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “llovía” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). llovía lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for llovía is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʝoˈβ̞ia]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,422 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 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 llovía, with forms such as "llobía", "llovaí", and "llovvía". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "lluvia", "llovió", "lluvias", 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 llovía, spelled L-L-O-V-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de llover.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de llover.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llobía,llovaí,llovvía,lloíva,llvoía,lolvía,lovía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of llovía - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "llovía"

llobía1llovaí2llovvía1lloíva2llvoía2lolvía2lovía1
Edit distance from "llovía"

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "llovía"?
"llovía" is spelled L-L-O-V-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ʝoˈβ̞ia].
What does "llovía" mean?
As a verb, "llovía" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de llover.
What words are commonly confused with "llovía"?
"llovía" is commonly confused with "lluvia", "llovió", "lluvias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "llovía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "llovía" is [ʝoˈβ̞ia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "llovía" come from?
"llovía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “llovía”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is L-L-O-V-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʝoˈβ̞ia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “lluvia” - see the side-by-side comparison. llovía vs lluvia
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list