Henry

//ˈhen.ri// name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,013

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

Henry is aSpanishname. It means: Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Enrique. Pronounced /ˈhen.ri/. It ranks #4,013 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with hey and her.

Key facts for Henry
PropertyValue
HeadwordHenry
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA/ˈhen.ri/
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,013
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Henry is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈhen.ri/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,013 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Enrique.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Henry, with forms such as "ehnry", "hennry", and "henrry". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "hey", "her", "here", 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 Henry, spelled H-E-N-R-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Enrique.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehnry,hennry,henrry,henryy,henyr,herny,hhenry,hnery

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Henry

Misspelling Variants of "Henry"

ehnry5hennry6henrry6henryy6henyr5herny5hhenry6hnery5
Misspelling Variants of "Henry"

Frequency rank: #4,013 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Henry"?
"Henry" is spelled H-E-N-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈhen.ri/.
What does "Henry" mean?
As a name, "Henry" means: Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Enrique.
What words are commonly confused with "Henry"?
"Henry" is commonly confused with "hey", "her", "here". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Henry"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Henry" is /ˈhen.ri/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Henry" come from?
"Henry" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter H in our Spanish index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.