Hesse

/[ˈese]/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,955

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Hesse is aSpanishname. It means: Uno de los 16 estados federados que forman Alemania. Pronounced [ˈese]. Often confused with house and horse.

Key facts for Hesse
PropertyValue
HeadwordHesse
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈese]
Letters5
Frequency rank#41,955
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Hesse is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈese]. Corpus data places it at rank #41,955 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Uno de los 16 estados federados que forman Alemania.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Hesse, with forms such as "ehsse", "hesce", and "hese". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "house", "horse", "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 Hesse, spelled H-E-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Uno de los 16 estados federados que forman Alemania.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ehsse,hesce,hese,hhesse,hsese

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Hesse

Misspelling Variants of "Hesse"

ehsse5hesce5hese4hhesse6hsese5
Misspelling Variants of "Hesse"

Frequency rank: #41,955 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hesse"?
"Hesse" is spelled H-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈese].
What does "Hesse" mean?
As a name, "Hesse" means: Uno de los 16 estados federados que forman Alemania.
What words are commonly confused with "Hesse"?
"Hesse" is commonly confused with "house", "horse", "here". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Hesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hesse" is [ˈese]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hesse" come from?
"Hesse" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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

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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.