de ahí que
[d̪e aˈi ke]
The verdict
“de ahí que” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Introduce una oración como resultado o consecuencia de algo expuesto anteriormente. Es por eso que.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | de ahí que |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [d̪e aˈi ke] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “de ahí que” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for de ahí que is 10 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪e aˈi ke]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Introduce una oración como resultado o consecuencia de algo expuesto anteriormente. Es por eso que.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for de ahí que, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is de ahí que, spelled D-E- -A-H-Í- -Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Introduce una oración como resultado o consecuencia de algo expuesto anteriormente. Es por eso que.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “de ahí que”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E- -A-H-Í- -Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪e aˈi ke] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.