hierba
[ˈjeɾβ̞a]
The verdict
“hierba” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,172 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,172
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Planta cuyo tallo, raíz y ramaje no presentan lignificación, es decir, carecen de las estructuras leñosas típicas de la madera en árboles y arbustos. La estructura herbácea es independiente de la d...
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 | hierba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjeɾβ̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hierba” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for hierba is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjeɾβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,172 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for hierba, with forms such as "heirba", "hhierba", and "hiebra". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "hiere", "hierro", "huerta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is hierba, spelled H-I-E-R-B-A.
Definition
- 1Planta cuyo tallo, raíz y ramaje no presentan lignificación, es decir, carecen de las estructuras leñosas típicas de la madera en árboles y arbustos. La estructura herbácea es independiente de la duración del ciclo de vida de la planta; muchas hierbas son vivaces, perdiendo las partes tiernas en invierno pero brotando nuevamente a partir de un bulbo o rizoma todos los años, mientras que otras son perennes.
- 2Por antonomasia, las gramíneas que recubren el suelo en las praderas o parques.
- 3Planta cuyas hojas o partes tiernas se emplean en gastronomía, para bebidas o condimento, independientemente de si la planta en sí es herbácea.
- 4Planta cuyas hojas se consumen como fármaco o droga, en especial la marihuana.
- 5Por extensión, preparado medicinal o recreativo elaborado con estas hojas.
- 6Unidad de años de vida, para los animales herbívoros que se crían en los pastos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: heirba,hhierba,hiebra,hierab,hierbba,hierrba,hireba,iherba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hierba - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “hierba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-E-R-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈjeɾβ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hiere” - see the side-by-side comparison. hierba vs hiere
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.