hiel
[ˈjel]
The verdict
“hiel” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,846 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,846
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Líquido segregado por el hígado, de color amarillo verdoso y sabor amarguísimo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hiel · hiel · Spanish
hiel · rank #72,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,846
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH hidrológica
Nearest frequency peer: hidrológica (-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 “hiel”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- here's
here's
27,158 corpus weight
- Hernani
Hernani
27,157 corpus weight
- hidrológica
hidrológica
27,156 corpus weight
- hiel
hiel
27,155 corpus weight
- hierbabuena
hierbabuena
27,154 corpus weight
- homenajeando
homenajeando
27,152 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hiel” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hiel |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjel] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #72,846 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “hiel” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hiel is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,846 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjel]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for hiel in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is hiel, spelled H-I-E-L.
Definition
- 1Líquido segregado por el hígado, de color amarillo verdoso y sabor amarguísimo.
- 2Estado de ánimo propenso al mal humor y desabrimiento.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hiel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Y tiene un veneno, mas amargo que la hiel Con solo invocarte, voy a convertirlo en miel En tu nombre, en tu nombre Cuando te busco No hay sitio en donde no estés
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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