hiena
[ˈjena]
The verdict
“hiena” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #39,789. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,789
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Hyaenidae) Carnívoro terrestre nativo de África y Asia, miembros de la familia de los Hiénidos (Hyaenidae). Aunque las hienas son similares, a primera vista, a perros de gran tamaño —alcanzando ha...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hiena |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjena] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hiena” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around hiena (IPA [ˈjena]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,789 among 15,034 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hiena, with forms such as "heina", "hhiena", and "hiean". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "hija", "himno", "hueva", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is hiena, spelled H-I-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1(Hyaenidae) Carnívoro terrestre nativo de África y Asia, miembros de la familia de los Hiénidos (Hyaenidae). Aunque las hienas son similares, a primera vista, a perros de gran tamaño —alcanzando hasta los 40 kg de peso— están sólo remotamente emparentadas con los cánidos.
- 2Persona cruel y despreciable.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- heina
- hhiena
- hiean
- hienna
- hinea
- ihena
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hiena - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “hiena”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-E-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈjena] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hija” - see the side-by-side comparison. hiena vs hija
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.