hervir
[eɾˈβ̞iɾ]
The verdict
“hervir” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,067. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,067
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Calentarse un líquido hasta comenzar a volverse gaseoso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hervir · hervir · Spanish
hervir · rank #20,067 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,067
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH herald
Nearest frequency peer: herald (-1 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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “hervir”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- hablaré
hablaré
79,937 corpus weight
- hazañas
hazañas
79,936 corpus weight
- herald
herald
79,935 corpus weight
- hervir
hervir
79,934 corpus weight
- hirió
hirió
79,933 corpus weight
- hispánica
hispánica
79,932 corpus weight
What this shows “hervir” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hervir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eɾˈβ̞iɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “hervir”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around hervir (IPA [eɾˈβ̞iɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,067 among 1,569 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for hervir, with forms such as "ehrvir", "herbir", and "herivr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "herr", "herir", "hernia", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is hervir, spelled H-E-R-V-I-R.
Definition
- 1Calentarse un líquido hasta comenzar a volverse gaseoso.
- 2Por extensión, agitarse y producir burbujas un líquido como lo hace al hervir₁.
- 3Por extensión, estar el mar agitado y ruidoso por cualquier causa.
- 4Tener o albergar mucho de una cosa.
- 5Experimentar una pasión intensa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hervir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Y como sea assentada, echá en una redoma de aquella lexía, y poné con ella regaliz y xabón françés, y ponedla al fuego que hierva. Y espomaros heis con esta lexía la cabeça. Y lavaros con la otra de la caldera, o si no, sea la lexía para lavaros de çeniza de sarmientos e de holmo. Y si quisiéredes que os crezca mucho el cabello, echá con esotras çenizas,…
E aquel surgir o levantarse en alto no era caño derecho e continuado, sino a golpes muy continuos y espesos hacia arriba, saliendo en cobdo, e más e menos, encima del agua de la mar, como si hirvieran, segund su celeridad o presteza. Pero no caliente el agua de tales manantiales, sino fría e suave e tal, que todos decían que era la mejor que pudiese haber…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ehrvir
- herbir
- herivr
- herrvir
- hervirr
- hervri
- hervvir
- hevrir
- hhervir
- hrevir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hervir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).