-hap

/hap/

//hap// suffix

The verdict

“-hap” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sufijo verbal que señala el modo exhortativo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-hap · -hap · Spanish

-hap · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "-" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for -hap
PropertyValue
Headword-hap
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechSuffix
IPA/hap/
Letters4
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Dónde se sitúa “-hap” en la frecuencia del español

-hapno entra en el top 100.000 del español: zona de términos técnicos, arcaicos o escasos, el terreno típico de la doble comprobación.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

-hap is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed /hap/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sufijo verbal que señala el modo exhortativo.".

Zero misspellings are on record for -hap in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is -hap, spelled --H-A-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sufijo verbal que señala el modo exhortativo.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "-hap"?
"-hap" is spelled --H-A-P. The IPA pronunciation is /hap/.
What does "-hap" mean?
As a suffix, "-hap" means: Sufijo verbal que señala el modo exhortativo.
How do you pronounce "-hap"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "-hap" is /hap/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "-hap" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list