hiato
[ˈjat̪o]
The verdict
“hiato” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,078 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,078
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pronunciación en diferentes sílabas de dos vocales seguidas dentro de una misma palabra.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hiato · hiato · Spanish
hiato · rank #60,078 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,078
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH hooker
Nearest frequency peer: hooker (+2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “hiato”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Harbin
Harbin
39,928 corpus weight
- hiato
hiato
39,923 corpus weight
- hooker
hooker
39,921 corpus weight
- Hurlingham
Hurlingham
39,920 corpus weight
- húsares
húsares
39,918 corpus weight
- idealizado
idealizado
39,917 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hiato” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hiato |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjat̪o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “hiato” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hiato is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,078 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjat̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for hiato in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is hiato, spelled H-I-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Pronunciación en diferentes sílabas de dos vocales seguidas dentro de una misma palabra.
- 2La demora natural que en español ocurre entre dos vocales fuertes (a, e, o).
- 3Artificio para ajustarse a la métrica, que consiste en dividir en dos sílabas una sinalefa.
- 4Separación temporal o espacial.
- 5Grieta.
- 6Fisura.
- 7Abertura del diafragma por donde pasa el esófago para conectarse con el estómago en el epigastrio.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hiato appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Algunos ejemplos de hiatos en español son: “cacareo”, “aéreo”, “aorta”, etc. Y, entre diptongos, tenemos: “agua”, “áureo”, “decoración”. De ambas clasificaciones lingüísticas, los diptongos son los que más abundan en español».
«No se acueste inmediatamente después de comer porque favorece el reflujo gastroesofágico, sobre todo si la válvula cardia es incontinente o existe hernia de hiato. Y esto traerá diversos síntomas […]».
This word in other languages
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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