Español homophones
hilo/ilo
"hilo" (#3,789 written frequency) beats "ilo" (#43,641) in this 2-word /ˈilo/ cluster. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈilo/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "hilo" leads at #3,789, with "ilo" trailing at #43,641.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "hilo" is 4 letters, "ilo" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across hilo, ilo: ilo. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
hilo
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory hilo · private h
ilo
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape VCV
Inventory ilo · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "hilo" when you mean: Fibra textil delgada, formada por pocas hebras, de largo variable.
- Write "ilo" when you mean: Herramienta
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- hilo ← hhilo · hillo · hiol · hlio · ihlo