lugar
[luˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“lugar” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #122 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #122
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espacio que puede ser ocupado por un objeto.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lugar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [luˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lugar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for lugar is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [luˈɣ̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #122 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for lugar, with forms such as "lguar", "llugar", and "luagr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Luna", "Lugo", "lupa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is lugar, spelled L-U-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Espacio que puede ser ocupado por un objeto.
- 2Ubicación particular en el espacio.
- 3Por extensión, posición que se ocupa en una serie o sistema.
- 4una casa u hogar.
- 5Una ciudad o grupo de casas.
- 6La posición de un competidor en un concurso.
- 7La posición de un miembro de un deporte de equipo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lguar,llugar,luagr,lugarr,luggar,lugra,ulgar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lugar - 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.
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.
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Using “lugar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-U-G-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [luˈɣ̞aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Luna” - see the side-by-side comparison. lugar vs Luna
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.