hidrografía
[ið̞ɾoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]
The verdict
“hidrografía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,869 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,869
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rama de la geografía por la cual se describen y estudian sistemáticamente los cuerpos de agua: oceanos, mares y, especialmente los de aguas continentales: ríos, lagos y lagunas con sus elementos te...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hidrografía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ið̞ɾoɣ̞ɾaˈfia] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hidrografía” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hidrografía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,869 among 15,034 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ið̞ɾoɣ̞ɾaˈfia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rama de la geografía por la cual se describen y estudian sistemáticamente los cuerpos de agua: oceanos, mares y, especialmente los de aguas continentales: ríos, lagos y lagunas con sus elementos te...".
hidrografía has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is hidrografía, spelled H-I-D-R-O-G-R-A-F-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Rama de la geografía por la cual se describen y estudian sistemáticamente los cuerpos de agua: oceanos, mares y, especialmente los de aguas continentales: ríos, lagos y lagunas con sus elementos terrestres marginales.
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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Using “hidrografía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-D-R-O-G-R-A-F-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ið̞ɾoɣ̞ɾaˈfia] (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.