habanero
[aβ̞aˈneɾo]
The verdict
“habanero” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #41,950 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #41,950
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona originaria o habitante de La Habana.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | habanero |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [aβ̞aˈneɾo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “habanero” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for habanero is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aβ̞aˈneɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,950 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for habanero, with forms such as "ahbanero", "haabnero", and "habaenro". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is habanero, spelled H-A-B-A-N-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Persona originaria o habitante de La Habana.
- 2Se dice de algo que proviene o tiene relación con La Habana.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahbanero,haabnero,habaenro,habaneor,habanerro,habannero,habanreo,habbanero,habnaero,havanero,hbaanero,hhabanero
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of habanero - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “habanero”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-A-B-A-N-E-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aβ̞aˈneɾo] (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.