hebreo
[eˈβ̞ɾeo]
The verdict
“hebreo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #11,792 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #11,792
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Propio de, relativo o perteneciente al pueblo semítico que, de acuerdo a la tradición bíblica, desciende de Abraham y habitó el reino de Israel hasta su expulsión por los romanos
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 | hebreo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [eˈβ̞ɾeo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hebreo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for hebreo is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eˈβ̞ɾeo]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,792 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hebreo, with forms such as "ehbreo", "hbereo", and "hebbreo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "here", "hero", "Herrero", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 hebreo, spelled H-E-B-R-E-O.
Definition
- 1Propio de, relativo o perteneciente al pueblo semítico que, de acuerdo a la tradición bíblica, desciende de Abraham y habitó el reino de Israel hasta su expulsión por los romanos
- 2Por extensión, propio de, relativo a personas que creen en el Dios hebreo (YHVH) y siguen las leyes mosaicas
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehbreo,hbereo,hebbreo,hebero,hebroe,hebrreo,herbeo,hevreo,hhebreo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hebreo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “hebreo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-E-B-R-E-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eˈβ̞ɾeo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “here” - see the side-by-side comparison. hebreo vs here
- 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.