hierbabuena
[jeɾβ̞aˈβ̞wena]
The verdict
“hierbabuena” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #72,847 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #72,847
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “hierbabuena” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for hierbabuena is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [jeɾβ̞aˈβ̞wena]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,847 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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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Using “hierbabuena”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-E-R-B-A-B-U-E-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [jeɾβ̞aˈβ̞wena] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.