hila
[ˈila]
The verdict
“hila” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,995 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,995
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tripa delgada.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hila · hila · Spanish
hila · rank #83,995 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,995
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH Henriette
Nearest frequency peer: Henriette (-2 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 “hila”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- hachazos
hachazos
16,013 corpus weight
- hackeados
hackeados
16,012 corpus weight
- hartaron
hartaron
16,010 corpus weight
- Henriette
Henriette
16,008 corpus weight
- hila
hila
16,006 corpus weight
- hipocresías
hipocresías
16,004 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hila” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hila |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈila] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #83,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “hila” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hila is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,995 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈila]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
hila doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is hila, spelled H-I-L-A.
Definition
- 1Tripa delgada.
- 2Hebra que se va sacando de un trapo de lienzo usado, y sirve, junta con otras, para curar las llagas y heridas.
- 3Hilera, fila.
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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