hibernación
[iβ̞eɾnaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“hibernación” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #49,702 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #49,702
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Adaptación de algunas especies animales a condiciones climáticas sumamente bajas, tales como un estado de hipotermia regulada durante algunos días, semanas o meses, lo cual les permite conservar su...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hibernación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iβ̞eɾnaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #49,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hibernación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for hibernación is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [iβ̞eɾnaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,702 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Adaptación de algunas especies animales a condiciones climáticas sumamente bajas, tales como un estado de hipotermia regulada durante algunos días, semanas o meses, lo cual les permite conservar su...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for hibernación, with forms such as "hbiernación", "hhibernación", and "hibbernación". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is hibernación, spelled H-I-B-E-R-N-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Adaptación de algunas especies animales a condiciones climáticas sumamente bajas, tales como un estado de hipotermia regulada durante algunos días, semanas o meses, lo cual les permite conservar su energía durante el invierno.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hbiernación,hhibernación,hibbernación,hibenración,hiberanción,hibernacción,hibernacinó,hibernaciónn,hibernacóin,hibernaicón,hibernasión,hiberncaión,hibernnación,hiberrnación,hibrenación,hiebrnación,hivernación,ihbernación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hibernación - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “hibernación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-B-E-R-N-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [iβ̞eɾnaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.