hierbabuena
[jeɾβ̞aˈβ̞wena]
The verdict
“hierbabuena” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,847 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,847
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Mentha spicata) Planta labiada herbácea muy aromática, de hojas vellosas y elípticas, flores rojizas y fruto seco con cuatro semillas. Se cultiva mucho en las huertas, se emplea como condimento.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hierbabuena · hierbabuena · Spanish
hierbabuena · rank #72,847 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,847
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH hiel
Nearest frequency peer: hiel (-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 “hierbabuena”
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 “hierbabuena” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hierbabuena |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [jeɾβ̞aˈβ̞wena] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “hierbabuena” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hierbabuena is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,847 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [jeɾβ̞aˈβ̞wena]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for hierbabuena in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 hierbabuena, spelled H-I-E-R-B-A-B-U-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1(Mentha spicata) Planta labiada herbácea muy aromática, de hojas vellosas y elípticas, flores rojizas y fruto seco con cuatro semillas. Se cultiva mucho en las huertas, se emplea como condimento.
- 2Nombre genérico que se da a otras plantas labiadas parecidas como el mastranzo, el sándalo o el poleo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hierbabuena appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Te voy a dar un remedio Que es muy bueno pa' las penas Grasita de iguana macho Mezcla'íta con hierbabuena
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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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