henna
[ˈxena]
The verdict
“henna” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,635 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,635
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grafía alternativa de jena ('alheña').
Corpus desk
Index ES-henna · henna · Spanish
henna · rank #55,635 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,635
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH Helm
Nearest frequency peer: Helm (-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 “henna”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- hacinados
hacinados
44,370 corpus weight
- harem
harem
44,369 corpus weight
- Helm
Helm
44,368 corpus weight
- henna
henna
44,366 corpus weight
- hipnótico
hipnótico
44,362 corpus weight
- hipotéticas
hipotéticas
44,361 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “henna” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | henna |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxena] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “henna” en español
Rare enough to double-check
henna is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,635 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈxena]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grafía alternativa de jena ('alheña').".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for henna, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is henna, spelled H-E-N-N-A.
Definition
- 1Grafía alternativa de jena ('alheña').
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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