hégira
[ˈexiɾa]
The verdict
“hégira” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,924 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,924
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Migración de Mahoma y sus seguidores desde La Meca a Medina, ocurrida en el 622 de la era común, fecha a partir de la cual se computa el calendario islámico.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hégira |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈexiɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hégira” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hégira is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,924 among 15,034 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈexiɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Migración de Mahoma y sus seguidores desde La Meca a Medina, ocurrida en el 622 de la era común, fecha a partir de la cual se computa el calendario islámico.".
hégira has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is hégira, spelled H-É-G-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1Migración de Mahoma y sus seguidores desde La Meca a Medina, ocurrida en el 622 de la era común, fecha a partir de la cual se computa el calendario islámico.
This word in other languages
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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Using “hégira”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-É-G-I-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈexiɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.