hic

//ˈhik// pron

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#66,221

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

hic is aSpanishpron. It means: Este. Pronounced /ˈhik/.

Key facts for hic
PropertyValue
Headwordhic
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPron
IPA/ˈhik/
Letters3
Frequency rank#66,221
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hic is 3 letters long, classified as apron, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈhik/. Corpus data places it at rank #66,221 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Este.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for hic in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 hic, spelled H-I-C, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Este.

Frequency rank: #66,221 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hic"?
"hic" is spelled H-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈhik/.
What does "hic" mean?
As a pron, "hic" means: Este.
How do you pronounce "hic"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hic" is /ˈhik/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hic" come from?
"hic" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.