hi
[ˈi]
The verdict
“hi” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #10,865) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #10,865
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de hijo
Corpus desk
Index ES-hi · hi · Spanish
hi · rank #10,865 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,865
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH Hernán
Nearest frequency peer: Hernán (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hi”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gráficas
gráficas
89,139 corpus weight
- helicópteros
helicópteros
89,138 corpus weight
- Hernán
Hernán
89,137 corpus weight
- hi
hi
89,136 corpus weight
- holandés
holandés
89,135 corpus weight
- how
how
89,134 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hi” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | hi |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈi] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #10,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hi” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for hi is neighbouring look-alikes ("Ho", "hoy", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈi]. Frequency #10,865 among 1,569 “H” headwords. Gloss: "Variante de hijo".
No misspelling variants are generated for hi in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ho", "hoy", "hot", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is hi, spelled H-I.
Definition
- 1Variante de hijo
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.