h

Name: h, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈat͡ʃe]

/[ˈat͡ʃe]/ character

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“h” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #991 in Spanish word frequency and used as a character.

#991
frequency rank, Spanish: 1
letter: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Octava letra del alfabeto español y sexta consonante. Su nombre es hache.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

h vs ha

50% similar

h vs he

50% similar

h vs Ho

0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for h
Property	Value
Headword	h
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Character
IPA	[ˈat͡ʃe]
Letters	1
Frequency rank	#991
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “h” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). h lands here:

#991

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for h is 1 letters long, classified as a character, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈat͡ʃe]. Corpus data places it at rank #991 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Octava letra del alfabeto español y sexta consonante. Su nombre es hache.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for h, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ha", "he", "Ho", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is h, spelled H.

Definition

1
Octava letra del alfabeto español y sexta consonante. Su nombre es hache.

This word in other languages

h(English)h(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "h"?

"h" is spelled H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈat͡ʃe].

What does "h" mean?

As a character, "h" means: Octava letra del alfabeto español y sexta consonante. Su nombre es hache.

What words are commonly confused with "h"?

"h" is commonly confused with "ha", "he", "Ho". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "h"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "h" is [ˈat͡ʃe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "h" come from?

"h" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “h”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Spanish spelling is H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˈat͡ʃe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “ha” - see the side-by-side comparison. h vs ha
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.