llovía

[ʝoˈβ̞ia]

/[ʝoˈβ̞ia]/ verb

The verdict

“llovía” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #31,422. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,422
frequency rank, Spanish
2,069
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de llover.

Corpus desk

Index ES-llovia · llovía · Spanish

llovía · rank #31,422 · 7 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,422
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,069
  • PHOTO-FINISH llegaré

Nearest frequency peer: llegaré (-2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “llovía”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “llovía” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

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)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “llovía”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).llovíacae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “llegaré” (#31,420), “locaciones” (#31,424), “legua” (#31,419). Entre 2,069 lemas con “L”, “llovía” va en #31,422. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around llovía (IPA [ʝoˈβ̞ia]), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,422 among 2,069 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is llovía, spelled L-L-O-V-Í-A.

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 - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

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.

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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "llovía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list