lluvia

/[ˈʝuβ̞ja]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,120

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

lluvia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Conjunto de gotas de agua producidas por la condensación del agua y que se precipitan del cielo sobre la tierra. Pronounced [ˈʝuβ̞ja]. It ranks #2,120 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Lucía and lumia.

Key facts for lluvia
PropertyValue
Headwordlluvia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʝuβ̞ja]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,120
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for lluvia is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʝuβ̞ja]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,120 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 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 lluvia, with forms such as "llubia", "lluiva", and "lluvai". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Lucía", "lumia", "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 lluvia, spelled L-L-U-V-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunto de gotas de agua producidas por la condensación del agua y que se precipitan del cielo sobre la tierra.
  2. 2
    Conjunto de objetos que caen.
  3. 3
    Ducha, baño, agua utilizada para el aseo personal.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llubia,lluiva,lluvai,lluvvia,llvuia,lulvia,luvia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lluvia

Misspelling Variants of "lluvia"

llubia6lluiva6lluvai6lluvvia7llvuia6lulvia6luvia5
Misspelling Variants of "lluvia"

Frequency rank: #2,120 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lluvia"?
"lluvia" is spelled L-L-U-V-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʝuβ̞ja].
What does "lluvia" mean?
As a noun, "lluvia" means: Conjunto de gotas de agua producidas por la condensación del agua y que se precipitan del cielo sobre la tierra.
What words are commonly confused with "lluvia"?
"lluvia" is commonly confused with "Lucía", "lumia", "lluvias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lluvia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lluvia" is [ˈʝuβ̞ja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lluvia" come from?
"lluvia" 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.