hidroxilo
[ið̞ɾokˈsilo]
The verdict
“hidroxilo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grupo funcional formado por un átomo de oxígeno y otro de hidrógeno.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hidroxilo · hidroxilo · Spanish
hidroxilo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hidroxilo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ið̞ɾokˈsilo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
hidroxilo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ið̞ɾokˈsilo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grupo funcional formado por un átomo de oxígeno y otro de hidrógeno.".
hidroxilo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is hidroxilo, spelled H-I-D-R-O-X-I-L-O.
Definition
- 1Grupo funcional formado por un átomo de oxígeno y otro de hidrógeno.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hidroxilo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La diferencia entre los equivalentes de álcali consumidos por el blanco y por la muestra es igual al número de equivalentes grupos hidroxilo en la muestra
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.