ahem
/əˈhɛm/
The verdict
“ahem” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,631 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,631
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ¡ehem!, ejem.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ahem · ahem · Spanish
ahem · rank #92,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,631
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH ahorcada
Nearest frequency peer: ahorcada (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “ahem”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- agrandamien…
agrandamiento
7,373 corpus weight
- agronómicas
agronómicas
7,372 corpus weight
- ahem
ahem
7,370 corpus weight
- ahorcada
ahorcada
7,369 corpus weight
- ahoy
ahoy
7,368 corpus weight
- airado
airado
7,367 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ahem” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ahem |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /əˈhɛm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #92,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ahem” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ahem is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,631 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /əˈhɛm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "¡ehem!, ejem.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ahem, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ahem, spelled A-H-E-M.
Definition
- 1¡ehem!, ejem.
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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