han
[ˈãn]
The verdict
“han” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #85) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #85
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grupo étnico de China. Constituyen el 92% de la República Popular China, 98% en Taiwán, 75% en Singapur y aproximadamente el 20% de la población mundial.
Corpus desk
Index ES-han · han · Spanish
han · rank #85 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #85
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH ese
Nearest frequency peer: ese (-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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “han”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- vida
vida
99,919 corpus weight
- e
e
99,918 corpus weight
- ese
ese
99,917 corpus weight
- han
han
99,916 corpus weight
- mismo
mismo
99,915 corpus weight
- siempre
siempre
99,914 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “han” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | han |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈãn] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #85 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “han”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for han is neighbouring look-alikes ("he", "Ho", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈãn]. Frequency #85 among 1,569 “H” headwords. Gloss: "Grupo étnico de China. Constituyen el 92% de la República Popular China, 98% en Taiwán, 75% en Singapur y aproximadamente el 20% de la población mundial.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for han, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "he", "Ho", "hi", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is han, spelled H-A-N.
Definition
- 1Grupo étnico de China. Constituyen el 92% de la República Popular China, 98% en Taiwán, 75% en Singapur y aproximadamente el 20% de la población mundial.
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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