Hamster
[ˈhamstɐ]
The verdict
“Hamster” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #54,939 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #54,939
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hámster.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hamster |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhamstɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Hamster” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Hamster is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈhamstɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #54,939 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hámster.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hamster, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is Hamster, spelled H-A-M-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Hámster.
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 “Hamster”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-A-M-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhamstɐ] (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.