llovizna

/[ʝoˈβ̞isna]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,933

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

llovizna is aSpanishnoun. It means: Lluvia fina y ligera. Pronounced [ʝoˈβ̞isna]. Often confused with llovía.

Key facts for llovizna
PropertyValue
Headwordllovizna
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʝoˈβ̞isna]
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,933
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for llovizna is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʝoˈβ̞isna]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,933 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lluvia fina y ligera.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for llovizna, with forms such as "llobizna", "lloivzna", and "llovinza". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "llovía", 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 llovizna, spelled L-L-O-V-I-Z-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lluvia fina y ligera.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llobizna,lloivzna,llovinza,llovizan,lloviznna,llovizzna,llovvizna,llovzina,llvoizna,lolvizna,lovizna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for llovizna

Misspelling Variants of "llovizna"

llobizna8lloivzna8llovinza8llovizan8lloviznna9llovizzna9llovvizna9llovzina8
Misspelling Variants of "llovizna"

Frequency rank: #40,933 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "llovizna"?
"llovizna" is spelled L-L-O-V-I-Z-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ʝoˈβ̞isna].
What does "llovizna" mean?
As a noun, "llovizna" means: Lluvia fina y ligera.
What words are commonly confused with "llovizna"?
"llovizna" is commonly confused with "llovía". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "llovizna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "llovizna" is [ʝoˈβ̞isna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "llovizna" come from?
"llovizna" 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.