hilando
[iˈlãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“hilando” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,144 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,144
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gerundio de hilar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hilando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [iˈlãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hilando” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hilando is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,144 among 15,034 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [iˈlãn̪d̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerundio de hilar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hilando, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is hilando, spelled H-I-L-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Gerundio de hilar.
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 “hilando”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-L-A-N-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.