loma

/[ˈloma]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,262

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

loma is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pequeña elevación del terreno. Pronounced [ˈloma]. Often confused with los and low.

Key facts for loma
PropertyValue
Headwordloma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈloma]
Letters4
Frequency rank#11,262
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for loma is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈloma]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,262 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pequeña elevación del terreno.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for loma, with forms such as "lloma", "lmoa", and "loam". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "los", "low", "lpm", 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 loma, spelled L-O-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pequeña elevación del terreno.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lloma,lmoa,loam,lomma,olma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for loma

Misspelling Variants of "loma"

lloma5lmoa4loam4lomma5olma4
Misspelling Variants of "loma"

Frequency rank: #11,262 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "loma"?
"loma" is spelled L-O-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈloma].
What does "loma" mean?
As a noun, "loma" means: Pequeña elevación del terreno.
What words are commonly confused with "loma"?
"loma" is commonly confused with "los", "low", "lpm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "loma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "loma" is [ˈloma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "loma" come from?
"loma" 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.