hipocampo
[ipoˈkãmpo]
The verdict
“hipocampo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,375 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,375
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monstruo de la mitología griega mitad caballo, mitad pez.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hipocampo · hipocampo · Spanish
hipocampo · rank #56,375 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,375
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH Hevia
Nearest frequency peer: Hevia (-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 “hipocampo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- hallaremos
hallaremos
43,631 corpus weight
- Hama
Hama
43,630 corpus weight
- Hevia
Hevia
43,628 corpus weight
- hipocampo
hipocampo
43,626 corpus weight
- hojaldre
hojaldre
43,624 corpus weight
- holgazanes
holgazanes
43,623 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hipocampo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hipocampo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ipoˈkãmpo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,375 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “hipocampo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hipocampo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,375 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ipoˈkãmpo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hipocampo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is hipocampo, spelled H-I-P-O-C-A-M-P-O.
Definition
- 1Monstruo de la mitología griega mitad caballo, mitad pez.
- 2(Hippocampus) Pez pequeño, de cuerpo recubierto por un armazón de placas óseas, cola prensil, que nada en posición vertical impulsándose con la aleta dorsal y cuya cabeza forma un ángulo recto con respecto a su cuerpo.
- 3Estructura del cerebro humano y de otros mamíferos, de forma similar al animal homónimo.
Synonyms
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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