hic
/ˈhik/
The verdict
“hic” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,221 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,221
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Este.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hic · hic · Spanish
hic · rank #66,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,221
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH Hervás
Nearest frequency peer: Hervás (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “hic”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- hem
hem
33,786 corpus weight
- herbácea
herbácea
33,783 corpus weight
- Hermógenes
Hermógenes
33,782 corpus weight
- Hervás
Hervás
33,781 corpus weight
- hic
hic
33,780 corpus weight
- hidrocarburo
hidrocarburo
33,779 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hic” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hic |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ˈhik/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #66,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “hic” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hic is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,221 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed /ˈhik/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Este.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hic, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is hic, spelled H-I-C.
Definition
- 1Este.
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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