himno
[ˈĩmno]
The verdict
“himno” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,908 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,908
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En la Antigüedad, composición poética que se hacía para honrar a los dioses o héroes, o para celebrar un suceso memorable
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | himno |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈĩmno] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,908 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “himno” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for himno is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈĩmno]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,908 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for himno, with forms such as "hhimno", "himmno", and "himnno". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "hizo", "humo", "hito", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is himno, spelled H-I-M-N-O.
Definition
- 1En la Antigüedad, composición poética que se hacía para honrar a los dioses o héroes, o para celebrar un suceso memorable
- 2Composición de estilo solemne, poética o musical, en alabanza, honor o memoria de personajes, cosas o sucesos extraordinarios
- 3Composición musical emblemática propia de una colectividad o grupo de carácter social, político o religioso
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhimno,himmno,himnno,himon,hinmo,hmino,ihmno
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of himno - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “himno”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-M-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈĩmno] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hizo” - see the side-by-side comparison. himno vs hizo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.