llueve

/[ˈʝweβ̞e]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,675

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

llueve is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de llover. Pronounced [ˈʝweβ̞e]. It ranks #9,675 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with llueven and leve.

Key facts for llueve
PropertyValue
Headwordllueve
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʝweβ̞e]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,675
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for llueve is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʝweβ̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,675 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 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 llueve, with forms such as "lleuve", "lluebe", and "llueev". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "llueven", "leve", "llevo", 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 llueve, spelled L-L-U-E-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de llover.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de llover.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lleuve,lluebe,llueev,lluevve,lluvee,lueve,luleve

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for llueve

Misspelling Variants of "llueve"

lleuve6lluebe6llueev6lluevve7lluvee6lueve5luleve6
Misspelling Variants of "llueve"

Frequency rank: #9,675 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "llueve"?
"llueve" is spelled L-L-U-E-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʝweβ̞e].
What does "llueve" mean?
As a verb, "llueve" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de llover.
What words are commonly confused with "llueve"?
"llueve" is commonly confused with "llueven", "leve", "llevo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "llueve"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "llueve" is [ˈʝweβ̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "llueve" come from?
"llueve" 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.