helecho
[eˈlet͡ʃo]
The verdict
“helecho” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,994 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,994
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plantas vasculares criptógamas (sin semilla) pertenecientes a la Clase Pterophyta (Filicopsida). Tienen hojas grandes llamadas frondas, normalmente pinnadas, con prefoliación en anillo o espiral. S...
Corpus desk
Index ES-helecho · helecho · Spanish
helecho · rank #66,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,994
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH height
Nearest frequency peer: height (-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 “helecho”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- hei
hei
33,009 corpus weight
- height
height
33,008 corpus weight
- helecho
helecho
33,007 corpus weight
- Heracles
Heracles
33,006 corpus weight
- het
het
33,005 corpus weight
- hind
hind
33,004 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “helecho” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | helecho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eˈlet͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “helecho” en español
Rare enough to double-check
helecho is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,994 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [eˈlet͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plantas vasculares criptógamas (sin semilla) pertenecientes a la Clase Pterophyta (Filicopsida). Tienen hojas grandes llamadas frondas, normalmente pinnadas, con prefoliación en anillo o espiral. S...".
helecho has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is helecho, spelled H-E-L-E-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Plantas vasculares criptógamas (sin semilla) pertenecientes a la Clase Pterophyta (Filicopsida). Tienen hojas grandes llamadas frondas, normalmente pinnadas, con prefoliación en anillo o espiral. Su ciclo de vida tiene dos estados alternantes, esporófito y el gametófito, de tamaño y apariencia muy diferentes.
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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