hijo
[ˈixo]
The verdict
“hijo” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #327 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #327
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Individuo respecto a cualquiera de sus progenitores.
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 | hijo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈixo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hijo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for hijo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈixo]. Corpus data places it at rank #327 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for hijo, with forms such as "hhijo", "hijjo", and "hioj". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ho", "hip", "his", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is hijo, spelled H-I-J-O.
Definition
- 1Individuo respecto a cualquiera de sus progenitores.
- 2Por extensión, cónyuge o pareja del hijo.
- 3Por extensión, persona con respecto a su linaje.
- 4Por extensión, persona con respecto al lugar en el que ha nacido o crecido.
- 5Por extensión, cosa cualquiera respecto de su autor, diseñador o inventor.
- 6Por extensión, religiosa respecto de su orden.
- 7Cosa animada o inanimada que procede de otra.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhijo,hijjo,hioj,hjio,ihjo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hijo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “hijo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-J-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈixo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ho” - see the side-by-side comparison. hijo vs Ho
- 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.