hembra

/[ˈẽmbɾa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,967

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

hembra is aSpanishnoun. It means: En las especies de seres vivos que poseen diferenciación sexual, aquél individuo que produce los huevos, es decir, los gametos de mayor tamaño. En algunas especies animales, es también la que aloja... Pronounced [ˈẽmbɾa]. It ranks #8,967 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Hera and hombre.

Key facts for hembra
PropertyValue
Headwordhembra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈẽmbɾa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,967
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hembra in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hembra is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈẽmbɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,967 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for hembra, with forms such as "ehmbra", "hebmra", and "hembar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Hera", "hombre", "hombro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is hembra, spelled H-E-M-B-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    En las especies de seres vivos que poseen diferenciación sexual, aquél individuo que produce los huevos, es decir, los gametos de mayor tamaño. En algunas especies animales, es también la que aloja ambos gametos durante la fertilización y, en los vivíparos, durante la preñez.
  2. 2
    Pieza mecánica o electrónica de forma hueca en la que se encaja otra.
  3. 3
    Anilla de metal unida a una fijación en forma de tornillo o tarugo.
  4. 4
    En la baraja española, el as de bastos.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehmbra,hebmra,hembar,hembbra,hembrra,hemmbra,hemrba,hemvra,hhembra,hmebra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hembra

Misspelling Variants of "hembra"

ehmbra6hebmra6hembar6hembbra7hembrra7hemmbra7hemrba6hemvra6
Misspelling Variants of "hembra"

Frequency rank: #8,967 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hembra"?
"hembra" is spelled H-E-M-B-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈẽmbɾa].
What does "hembra" mean?
As a noun, "hembra" means: En las especies de seres vivos que poseen diferenciación sexual, aquél individuo que produce los huevos, es decir, los gametos de mayor tamaño. En algunas especies animales, es también la que aloja...
What words are commonly confused with "hembra"?
"hembra" is commonly confused with "Hera", "hombre", "hombro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hembra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hembra" is [ˈẽmbɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hembra" come from?
"hembra" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.