hectolitro
[ekt̪oˈlit̪ɾo]
The verdict
“hectolitro” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unidad de volumen equivalente a cien litros o a 10² litros.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hectolitro · hectolitro · Spanish
hectolitro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hectolitro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ekt̪oˈlit̪ɾo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hectolitro” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hectolitro is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ekt̪oˈlit̪ɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unidad de volumen equivalente a cien litros o a 10² litros.".
hectolitro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is hectolitro, spelled H-E-C-T-O-L-I-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1Unidad de volumen equivalente a cien litros o a 10² litros.
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