hilacha
[iˈlat͡ʃa]
The verdict
“hilacha” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,516 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,516
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pedazo de hila que se desprende de la tela.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hilacha · hilacha · Spanish
hilacha · rank #98,516 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,516
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH hidrológicas
Nearest frequency peer: hidrológicas (-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 “hilacha”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Haut
Haut
1,490 corpus weight
- herbívoro
herbívoro
1,488 corpus weight
- hidratar
hidratar
1,487 corpus weight
- hidrológicas
hidrológicas
1,486 corpus weight
- hilacha
hilacha
1,485 corpus weight
- hispan
hispan
1,482 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hilacha” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hilacha |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iˈlat͡ʃa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,516 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “hilacha” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hilacha is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,516 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [iˈlat͡ʃa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pedazo de hila que se desprende de la tela.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hilacha in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is hilacha, spelled H-I-L-A-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1Pedazo de hila que se desprende de la tela.
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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