hierba loca
[ˈjeɾβ̞a ˈloka]
The verdict
“hierba loca” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Astragalus spp.) Hierbas de la familia de las leguminosas que contienen alcaloides tóxicos para el ganado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hierba-loca · hierba loca · Spanish
hierba loca · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | hierba loca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈjeɾβ̞a ˈloka] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “hierba loca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hierba loca is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈjeɾβ̞a ˈloka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
hierba loca has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is hierba loca, spelled H-I-E-R-B-A- -L-O-C-A.
Definition
- 1(Astragalus spp.) Hierbas de la familia de las leguminosas que contienen alcaloides tóxicos para el ganado.
- 2(Gaultheria insana) Arbusto de la familia de las ericáceas, con flores campanuladas blancas y fruto tóxicos. Se afirma que su consumo puede provocar locura.
- 3(Hyoscyamus niger) Planta de la familia de las Solanáceas, anual o bianual, de casi un metro de altura, cubierta de pelos pegajosos, con un olor desagradable y altamente tóxica. Sus principios activos, la hioscina y la iosiamina, tienen amplio uso en productos farmacéuticos. En medicina natural debe usarse con cuidado por su toxicidad y propiedades alucinógenas; tiene uso contra golpes, heridas, forúnculos, asma, gota, reuma y neuralgias.
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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.