hierro
[ˈjero]
The verdict
“hierro” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,781 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,781
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Elemento químico con número atómico 26 cuyo símbolo es Fe. Pertenece al grupo de los metales de transición. Es un metal que se conoce desde la prehistoria y tiene propiedades ferromagnéticas (como ...
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 | hierro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjero] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hierro” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for hierro is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈjero]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,781 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Elemento químico con número atómico 26 cuyo símbolo es Fe. Pertenece al grupo de los metales de transición. Es un metal que se conoce desde la prehistoria y tiene propiedades ferromagnéticas (como ...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for hierro, with forms such as "heirro", "hhierro", and "hiero". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "hirió", "huerto", "hierve", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is hierro, spelled H-I-E-R-R-O.
Definition
- 1Elemento químico con número atómico 26 cuyo símbolo es Fe. Pertenece al grupo de los metales de transición. Es un metal que se conoce desde la prehistoria y tiene propiedades ferromagnéticas (como imán).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: heirro,hhierro,hiero,hieror,hirero,iherro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hierro - 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 “hierro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-E-R-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈjero] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hirió” - see the side-by-side comparison. hierro vs hirió
- 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.