heces

/[ˈeses]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,129

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

heces is aSpanishnoun. It means: Desecho maloliente de la comida ingerida, que se expulsa por vía anal. Pronounced [ˈeses]. Often confused with hice and here.

Key facts for heces
PropertyValue
Headwordheces
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈeses]
Letters5
Frequency rank#19,129
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of heces in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for heces is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeses]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,129 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Desecho maloliente de la comida ingerida, que se expulsa por vía anal.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for heces, with forms such as "ehces", "hcees", and "hecces". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hice", "here", "hecho", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is heces, spelled H-E-C-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Desecho maloliente de la comida ingerida, que se expulsa por vía anal.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehces,hcees,hecces,hecess,hecse,heecs,heses,hheces

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for heces

Misspelling Variants of "heces"

ehces5hcees5hecces6hecess6hecse5heecs5heses5hheces6
Misspelling Variants of "heces"

Frequency rank: #19,129 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "heces"?
"heces" is spelled H-E-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeses].
What does "heces" mean?
As a noun, "heces" means: Desecho maloliente de la comida ingerida, que se expulsa por vía anal.
What words are commonly confused with "heces"?
"heces" is commonly confused with "hice", "here", "hecho". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "heces"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "heces" is [ˈeses]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "heces" come from?
"heces" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.