hidalguía
[ið̞alˈɣ̞ia]
The verdict
“hidalguía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,869 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,869
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Calidad de hidalgo, o su estado y condición civil.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hidalguía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ið̞alˈɣ̞ia] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hidalguía” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hidalguía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,869 among 15,034 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ið̞alˈɣ̞ia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for hidalguía in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is hidalguía, spelled H-I-D-A-L-G-U-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Calidad de hidalgo, o su estado y condición civil.
- 2Generosidad y nobleza del ánimo.
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 “hidalguía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-D-A-L-G-U-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ið̞alˈɣ̞ia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.