hata

Name: hata, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/haˈta/

//haˈta// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“hata” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,460 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,460
frequency rank, Spanish: 15,034
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fuego, llama.

Key facts for hata
Property	Value
Headword	hata
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/haˈta/
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#69,460
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hata” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). hata lands here:

#69,460

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hata is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,460 among 15,034 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /haˈta/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fuego, llama.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hata, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is hata, spelled H-A-T-A.

Definition

1
Fuego, llama.

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 "hata"?

"hata" is spelled H-A-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /haˈta/.

What does "hata" mean?

As a noun, "hata" means: Fuego, llama.

How do you pronounce "hata"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hata" is /haˈta/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "hata" come from?

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Using “hata”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Spanish spelling is H-A-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /haˈta/ (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.