hedge

/hedʒ/

//hedʒ// noun

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The verdict

“hedge” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,859 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,859
frequency rank, Spanish
15,034
“H” headwords

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

Key facts for hedge
PropertyValue
Headwordhedge
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/hedʒ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#86,859
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hedge” 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). hedge lands here:

#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

hedge is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,859 among 15,034 “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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Using “hedge”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is H-E-D-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /hedʒ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list