henequén
[eneˈkẽn]
The verdict
“henequén” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,940 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,940
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Agave fourcroydes o Agave sisalana, agave originario de Yucatán en México, sus fibras se han empleado durante siglos para hacer cuerdas y tejidos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | henequén |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eneˈkẽn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “henequén” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
henequén is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,940 among 15,034 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [eneˈkẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Agave fourcroydes o Agave sisalana, agave originario de Yucatán en México, sus fibras se han empleado durante siglos para hacer cuerdas y tejidos.".
No misspelling variants are generated for henequén in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is henequén, spelled H-E-N-E-Q-U-É-N.
Definition
- 1Agave fourcroydes o Agave sisalana, agave originario de Yucatán en México, sus fibras se han empleado durante siglos para hacer cuerdas y tejidos.
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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 “henequén”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-E-N-E-Q-U-É-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eneˈkẽn] (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.