hijuela

/[iˈxwela]/ noun

The verdict

“hijuela” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
7
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Diminutivo de hija.

Key facts for hijuela
PropertyValue
Headwordhijuela
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[iˈxwela]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hijuela” sits in Spanish frequency

hijuela falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hijuela is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [iˈxwela]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 18 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for hijuela in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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 hijuela, spelled H-I-J-U-E-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Diminutivo de hija.
  2. 2
    Con respecto a una cuestión o cosa principal, cada una de las que le están subordinadas.
  3. 3
    Documento que detalla los bienes que se reparten por una herencia.
  4. 4
    Conjunto de los bienes legados en una herencia.
  5. 5
    Tira de tela que se pone en una prenda para ensancharla.
  6. 6
    Colchón estrecho y delgado que se pone en una cama debajo de los otros, para levantar el hoyo producido por el peso del cuerpo.
  7. 7
    Pedazo de lienzo, regularmente cuadrado, que se pone encima del cáliz para preservarle de que caiga dentro agluna cosa durante el sacrificio de la misa.
  8. 8
    Cada uno de los canales o regueros pequeños que conducen el agua desde una acequia al campo que se ha de regar, escurriendo el sobrante a otros canales de evacuación.
  9. 9
    Camino o vereda que atraviesa desde el camino real o principal a los pueblos u otros sitios algo desviados de él.
  10. 10
    Expedición postal que lleva las cartas a los pueblos que están fuera de la carrera.
  11. 11
    Documento en donde se reseñan los bienes que tocan en una partición a cada uno de los herederos de un difunto.
  12. 12
    Conjunto de los mismos bienes.
  13. 13
    En las carnicerías, póliza que por los que pesan la carne se da a los dueños para que por ella se les forme la cuenta de la que venden.
  14. 14
    Simiente que tienen las palmas y palmitos.
  15. 15
    Hacecito de leña menuda, que se dispone así para venderla por menor.
  16. 16
    Cuerda, a modo de las de guitarra, que se hace del ventrículo del gusano de seda, y sirve a los pescadores de caña para asegurar el anzuelo.
  17. 17
    Terreno agrícola o fundo de pequeña extensión, que se origina de la subdivisión de otro mayor.
  18. 18
    Pequeño instrumento para golpear en el trapiche.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hijuela"?
"hijuela" is spelled H-I-J-U-E-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [iˈxwela].
What does "hijuela" mean?
As a noun, "hijuela" means: Diminutivo de hija.
How do you pronounce "hijuela"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hijuela" is [iˈxwela]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hijuela" come from?
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Using “hijuela”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-J-U-E-L-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [iˈxwela] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.