hampa

[ˈãmpa]

/[ˈãmpa]/ noun

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The verdict

“hampa” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #34,603. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,603
frequency rank, Spanish
1,569
“H” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gente maleante, que se dedica a negocios ilícitos; tipo de vida que practica.

Corpus desk

Index ES-hampa · hampa · Spanish

hampa · rank #34,603 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,603
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,569
  • PHOTO-FINISH guisos

Nearest frequency peer: guisos (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “hampa”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “hampa” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

hampa vs Haya
40% similar
hampa vs hará
40% similar
hampa vs hana
60% similar

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

Key facts for hampa
PropertyValue
Headwordhampa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈãmpa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,603
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “hampa”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).hampacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “guisos” (#34,602), “grial” (#34,601), “hechicera” (#34,605). Entre 1,569 lemas con “H”, “hampa” va en #34,603. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around hampa (IPA [ˈãmpa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,603 among 1,569 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for hampa, with forms such as "ahmpa", "hamap", and "hammpa". 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 also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Haya", "hará", "hana", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is hampa, spelled H-A-M-P-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gente maleante, que se dedica a negocios ilícitos; tipo de vida que practica.
  2. 2
    parte de una letra que refleja caracteres psicológicos de su autor.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahmpa
  • hamap
  • hammpa
  • hamppa
  • hapma
  • hhampa
  • hmapa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hampa - 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.

ahmpa2hamap2hammpa1hamppa1hapma2hhampa1hmapa2
Edit distance from "hampa"

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 "hampa"?
"hampa" is spelled H-A-M-P-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈãmpa].
What does "hampa" mean?
As a noun, "hampa" means: Gente maleante, que se dedica a negocios ilícitos; tipo de vida que practica.
What words are commonly confused with "hampa"?
"hampa" is commonly confused with "Haya", "hará", "hana". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hampa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hampa" is [ˈãmpa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hampa" come from?
"hampa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hampa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grial#34,601hours#34,614impar#34,622Dumas#34,558

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

guisos7 variantshollow7 variantsesmero7 variantserigió7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list