harakiri
[aɾaˈkiɾi]
The verdict
“harakiri” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,801 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,801
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Entre los samuráis, antigua forma de suicidio por desentrañamiento que formaba parte de su código ético y se realizaba para evitar caer en manos del enemigo y ser torturado, o bien como una forma d...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harakiri |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aɾaˈkiɾi] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “harakiri” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
harakiri is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,801 among 15,034 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾaˈkiɾi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entre los samuráis, antigua forma de suicidio por desentrañamiento que formaba parte de su código ético y se realizaba para evitar caer en manos del enemigo y ser torturado, o bien como una forma d...".
harakiri doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is harakiri, spelled H-A-R-A-K-I-R-I.
Definition
- 1Entre los samuráis, antigua forma de suicidio por desentrañamiento que formaba parte de su código ético y se realizaba para evitar caer en manos del enemigo y ser torturado, o bien como una forma de pena capital para aquellos que habían cometido serias ofensas o habían sido deshonrados.
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 “harakiri”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-A-R-A-K-I-R-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aɾaˈkiɾi] (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.