huevo
hue·vo/ˈweɪ.voʊ/noun
huevo is spelled H-U-E-V-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables (hue·vo). It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, huevo means “An egg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of huevo is huevos.
How many letters and syllables are in huevo?
| Letters | 5: H-U-E-V-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: hue·vo |
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 171,907th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is huevo?
Huevo appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce huevo?
- US /ˈweɪ.voʊ/
Huevo has 2 syllables, split hue·vo in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-huevo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of huevo
- huevos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does huevo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An egg.
- 2
A testicle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does huevo come from?
Borrowed from Spanish huevo (“egg; testicle”). Doublet of egg, ey, oeuf, and ovum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).