higa

/[ˈiɣ̞a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#57,827

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

higa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Dije de azabache o coral, en figura de puño, que ponen a los niños, con la idea supersticiosa de librarlos del mal de ojo. Pronounced [ˈiɣ̞a].

Key facts for higa
PropertyValue
Headwordhiga
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈiɣ̞a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#57,827
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of higa in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for higa is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈiɣ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,827 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for higa in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is higa, spelled H-I-G-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dije de azabache o coral, en figura de puño, que ponen a los niños, con la idea supersticiosa de librarlos del mal de ojo.
  2. 2
    Gesto ofensivo y obsceno que consiste en dejar rígido el dedo medio mientras se levanta la mano cerrada en un puño, o bien, enseñando el dedo pulgar entre el índice y el medio.
  3. 3
    Burla o desprecio.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #57,827 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "higa"?
"higa" is spelled H-I-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈiɣ̞a].
What does "higa" mean?
As a noun, "higa" means: Dije de azabache o coral, en figura de puño, que ponen a los niños, con la idea supersticiosa de librarlos del mal de ojo.
How do you pronounce "higa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "higa" is [ˈiɣ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "higa" come from?
"higa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.