hierba de San Juan
[ˈjeɾβ̞a ð̞e ˈsãŋ ˈxwãn]
The verdict
“hierba de San Juan” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Hypericum perforatum) Planta arbustiva de flores amarillas con pequeñas motas negras en los bordes de los pétalos; las hojas tiene bolsitas de aceite esencial que semejan perforaciones, al aplasta...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hierba de San Juan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈjeɾβ̞a ð̞e ˈsãŋ ˈxwãn] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hierba de San Juan” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hierba de San Juan is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈjeɾβ̞a ð̞e ˈsãŋ ˈxwãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Hypericum perforatum) Planta arbustiva de flores amarillas con pequeñas motas negras en los bordes de los pétalos; las hojas tiene bolsitas de aceite esencial que semejan perforaciones, al aplasta...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hierba de San Juan in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 de San Juan, spelled H-I-E-R-B-A- -D-E- -S-A-N- -J-U-A-N.
Definition
- 1(Hypericum perforatum) Planta arbustiva de flores amarillas con pequeñas motas negras en los bordes de los pétalos; las hojas tiene bolsitas de aceite esencial que semejan perforaciones, al aplastarlas dejan una mancha de savia anaranjada. En medicina natural se usa para acelerar la cicatrización de las heridas.
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.
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-E-R-B-A- -D-E- -S-A-N- -J-U-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.