heel
/hil/
The verdict
“heel” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,955 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,955
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Talón.
Corpus desk
Index ES-heel · heel · Spanish
heel · rank #89,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,955
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH herculano
Nearest frequency peer: herculano (+2 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 “heel”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- heel
heel
10,046 corpus weight
- herculano
herculano
10,044 corpus weight
- Herranz
Herranz
10,043 corpus weight
- hexadecimal
hexadecimal
10,041 corpus weight
- hipnóticos
hipnóticos
10,039 corpus weight
- horneados
horneados
10,033 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “heel” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heel |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /hil/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #89,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “heel” en español
Rare enough to double-check
heel is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,955 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /hil/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
heel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is heel, spelled H-E-E-L.
Definition
- 1Talón.
- 2Tacón.
- 3Costra, tapa.
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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