hijos

/[ˈixos]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#402

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

hijos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de hijo. Pronounced [ˈixos]. It ranks #402 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with his and hizo.

Key facts for hijos
PropertyValue
Headwordhijos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈixos]
Letters5
Frequency rank#402
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hijos is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈixos]. Corpus data places it at rank #402 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de hijo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for hijos, with forms such as "hhijos", "hijjos", and "hijoss". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "his", "hizo", "hilo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 hijos, spelled H-I-J-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de hijo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhijos,hijjos,hijoss,hijso,hiojs,hjios,ihjos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hijos

Misspelling Variants of "hijos"

hhijos6hijjos6hijoss6hijso5hiojs5hjios5ihjos5
Misspelling Variants of "hijos"

Frequency rank: #402 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hijos"?
"hijos" is spelled H-I-J-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈixos].
What does "hijos" mean?
As a noun, "hijos" means: Forma del plural de hijo.
What words are commonly confused with "hijos"?
"hijos" is commonly confused with "his", "hizo", "hilo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hijos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hijos" is [ˈixos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hijos" come from?
"hijos" 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.