hedge

/hedʒ/

//hedʒ// noun

The verdict

“hedge” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,859 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,859
frequency rank, Spanish
1,569
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seto.

Corpus desk

Index ES-hedge · hedge · Spanish

hedge · rank #86,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,859
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,569
  • PHOTO-FINISH heavens

Nearest frequency peer: heavens (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “hedge”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hedge” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hedge
PropertyValue
Headwordhedge
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/hedʒ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#86,859
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “hedge” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.hedgecae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “heavens” (#86,858), “hegemónicas” (#86,860), “Helguera” (#86,861). Entre 1,569 lemas con “H”, “hedge” va en #86,859. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hedge is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,859 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /hedʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Seto.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hedge, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 hedge, spelled H-E-D-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Seto.

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 "hedge"?
"hedge" is spelled H-E-D-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is /hedʒ/.
What does "hedge" mean?
As a noun, "hedge" means: Seto.
How do you pronounce "hedge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hedge" is /hedʒ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hedge" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hedge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list