herejía

/[eɾeˈxia]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,301

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

herejía is aSpanishnoun. It means: Opiniones que son diferentes a la integridad o probidad de una religión, o tener una creencia contraria a los dogmas, credos y fundamentos establecidos, en este caso por la religión católica. Pronounced [eɾeˈxia]. Often confused with hernia and herencia.

Key facts for herejía
PropertyValue
Headwordherejía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eɾeˈxia]
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,301
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for herejía is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eɾeˈxia]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,301 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for herejía, with forms such as "ehrejía", "heerjía", and "herejaí". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "hernia", "herencia", "herrería", 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 herejía, spelled H-E-R-E-J-Í-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Opiniones que son diferentes a la integridad o probidad de una religión, o tener una creencia contraria a los dogmas, credos y fundamentos establecidos, en este caso por la religión católica.
  2. 2
    Posición u opinión contraria a las reglas establecidas en un arte, ciencia, disciplina, organización o de cualquier grupo humano organizado.
  3. 3
    Dicho o actitud desatinada, disparatada.
  4. 4
    Injuria proferida contra alguien.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehrejía,heerjía,herejaí,herejjía,hereíja,herjeía,herrejía,hherejía,hreejía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for herejía

Misspelling Variants of "herejía"

ehrejía7heerjía7herejaí7herejjía8hereíja7herjeía7herrejía8hherejía8
Misspelling Variants of "herejía"

Frequency rank: #25,301 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "herejía"?
"herejía" is spelled H-E-R-E-J-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [eɾeˈxia].
What does "herejía" mean?
As a noun, "herejía" means: Opiniones que son diferentes a la integridad o probidad de una religión, o tener una creencia contraria a los dogmas, credos y fundamentos establecidos, en este caso por la religión católica.
What words are commonly confused with "herejía"?
"herejía" is commonly confused with "hernia", "herencia", "herrería". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "herejía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "herejía" is [eɾeˈxia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "herejía" come from?
"herejía" 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.