hipopótamo pigmeo

/[ipoˈpot̪amo piɣ̞ˈmeo]/ phrase

The verdict

“hipopótamo pigmeo” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
17
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Dominant Wiktionary sense: (Choeropsis liberiensis) Mamífero rumiante, ungulado, de piernas cortas, rechonchas, y cuerpo en forma de barril, cabeza grande con una boca amplia y fosas nasales situadas en lo alto del hocico. A...

Key facts for hipopótamo pigmeo
PropertyValue
Headwordhipopótamo pigmeo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ipoˈpot̪amo piɣ̞ˈmeo]
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “hipopótamo pigmeo” sits in Spanish frequency

hipopótamo pigmeo falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hipopótamo pigmeo is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ipoˈpot̪amo piɣ̞ˈmeo]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Choeropsis liberiensis) Mamífero rumiante, ungulado, de piernas cortas, rechonchas, y cuerpo en forma de barril, cabeza grande con una boca amplia y fosas nasales situadas en lo alto del hocico. A...".

No misspelling variants are generated for hipopótamo pigmeo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is hipopótamo pigmeo, spelled H-I-P-O-P-Ó-T-A-M-O- -P-I-G-M-E-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    (Choeropsis liberiensis) Mamífero rumiante, ungulado, de piernas cortas, rechonchas, y cuerpo en forma de barril, cabeza grande con una boca amplia y fosas nasales situadas en lo alto del hocico. Al igual que los cerdos, tiene cuatro dedos en el pie, pero a diferencia de estos, utilizan todos los dedos para andar. Mide 1 metro hasta la cruz y de 1,50 a 1,75 metros de longitud y un peso de 170 a 275 kilogramos.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hipopótamo pigmeo"?
"hipopótamo pigmeo" is spelled H-I-P-O-P-Ó-T-A-M-O- -P-I-G-M-E-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ipoˈpot̪amo piɣ̞ˈmeo].
What does "hipopótamo pigmeo" mean?
As a phrase, "hipopótamo pigmeo" means: (Choeropsis liberiensis) Mamífero rumiante, ungulado, de piernas cortas, rechonchas, y cuerpo en forma de barril, cabeza grande con una boca amplia y fosas nasales situadas en lo alto del hocico. A...
How do you pronounce "hipopótamo pigmeo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hipopótamo pigmeo" is [ipoˈpot̪amo piɣ̞ˈmeo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “hipopótamo pigmeo”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-P-O-P-Ó-T-A-M-O- -P-I-G-M-E-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ipoˈpot̪amo piɣ̞ˈmeo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.