Himalaya
[imaˈlaʝa]
The verdict
“Himalaya” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #29,681. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,681
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cadena montañosa que se encuentra entre China y la India. En ella se encuentra el Everest, el pico más alto del mundo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Himalaya |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [imaˈlaʝa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Himalaya” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Himalaya (IPA [imaˈlaʝa]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #29,681 among 15,034 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cadena montañosa que se encuentra entre China y la India. En ella se encuentra el Everest, el pico más alto del mundo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Himalaya, with forms such as "hhimalaya", "hiamlaya", and "himaalya". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is Himalaya, spelled H-I-M-A-L-A-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Cadena montañosa que se encuentra entre China y la India. En ella se encuentra el Everest, el pico más alto del mundo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhimalaya
- hiamlaya
- himaalya
- himalaay
- himalayya
- himallaya
- himalyaa
- himlaaya
- himmalaya
- hmialaya
- ihmalaya
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Himalaya - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Himalaya”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-M-A-L-A-Y-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [imaˈlaʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.