lumbre

/[ˈlũmbɾe]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,773

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

lumbre is aSpanishnoun. It means: Carbón, leña u otra materia combustible encendida. Pronounced [ˈlũmbɾe]. Often confused with libre and liebre.

Key facts for lumbre
PropertyValue
Headwordlumbre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈlũmbɾe]
Letters6
Frequency rank#49,773
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for lumbre is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈlũmbɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,773 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for lumbre, with forms such as "llumbre", "lmubre", and "lubmre". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "libre", "liebre", "lumbar", 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 lumbre, spelled L-U-M-B-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Carbón, leña u otra materia combustible encendida.
  2. 2
    Espacio que una puerta, ventana, claraboya, tronera, etc., deja franco a la entrada de la luz.
  3. 3
    Esplendor, lucimiento, claridad.
  4. 4
    Parte anterior de la herradura.
  5. 5
    En las armas de fuego llamadas de chispa, parte del rastrillo que hiere al pedernal.
  6. 6
    Luz de la razón, conocimiento que tenemos de las cosas por el natural discurso que nos distingue de los seres irracionales.
  7. 7
    Ilustración, noticia, doctrina.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: llumbre,lmubre,lubmre,lumbbre,lumber,lumbrre,lummbre,lumrbe,lumvre,ulmbre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lumbre

Misspelling Variants of "lumbre"

llumbre7lmubre6lubmre6lumbbre7lumber6lumbrre7lummbre7lumrbe6
Misspelling Variants of "lumbre"

Frequency rank: #49,773 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lumbre"?
"lumbre" is spelled L-U-M-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlũmbɾe].
What does "lumbre" mean?
As a noun, "lumbre" means: Carbón, leña u otra materia combustible encendida.
What words are commonly confused with "lumbre"?
"lumbre" is commonly confused with "libre", "liebre", "lumbar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lumbre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lumbre" is [ˈlũmbɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lumbre" come from?
"lumbre" 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.