Hail
[ˈajl]
The verdict
“Hail” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #53,595 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #53,595
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad del Nechd en el Gebel Shammar, Arabia Saudí.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hail |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈajl] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hail” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Hail is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈajl]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,595 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ciudad del Nechd en el Gebel Shammar, Arabia Saudí.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hail, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Hail, spelled H-A-I-L.
Definition
- 1Ciudad del Nechd en el Gebel Shammar, Arabia Saudí.
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 “Hail”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-A-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈajl] (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.