Hamburg
[ˈhambʊʁk]
The verdict
“Hamburg” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,981 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,981
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hamburgo (ciudad).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hamburg |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhambʊʁk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hamburg” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Hamburg is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,981 among 15,034 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhambʊʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hamburg, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Hamburg, spelled H-A-M-B-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1Hamburgo (ciudad).
- 2Hamburgo (estado).
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 “Hamburg”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-A-M-B-U-R-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhambʊʁk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.