hijab
/hɪˈd͡ʒɑːb/
The verdict
“hijab” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,221 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,221
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hiyab.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hijab · hijab · Spanish
hijab · rank #79,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,221
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH higienista
Nearest frequency peer: higienista (-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 “hijab”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- hendido
hendido
20,786 corpus weight
- hiela
hiela
20,783 corpus weight
- higienista
higienista
20,781 corpus weight
- hijab
hijab
20,780 corpus weight
- histerectom…
histerectomía
20,777 corpus weight
- Hitachi
Hitachi
20,776 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hijab” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hijab |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːb/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “hijab” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hijab is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,221 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /hɪˈd͡ʒɑːb/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hiyab.".
hijab doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is hijab, spelled H-I-J-A-B.
Definition
- 1Hiyab.
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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