hipótesis

/[iˈpot̪esis]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,315

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

hipótesis is aSpanishnoun. It means: Proposición o conjunto de proposiciones que se establecen para explicar la ocurrencia de un grupo específico de fenómenos, estas pueden ser conjeturas provisionales para guiar una investigación o b... Pronounced [iˈpot̪esis]. It ranks #5,315 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with hipotecas.

Key facts for hipótesis
PropertyValue
Headwordhipótesis
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[iˈpot̪esis]
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,315
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hipótesis in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hipótesis is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [iˈpot̪esis]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,315 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for hipótesis, with forms such as "hhipótesis", "hippótesis", and "hiptóesis". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "hipotecas", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 hipótesis, spelled H-I-P-Ó-T-E-S-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Proposición o conjunto de proposiciones que se establecen para explicar la ocurrencia de un grupo específico de fenómenos, estas pueden ser conjeturas provisionales para guiar una investigación o bien puede tratarse de proposiciones aceptadas universalmente a la luz de los hechos establecidos.
  2. 2
    Proposición que se establece como premisa en un razonamiento.
  3. 3
    El antecedente de una proposición condicional.
  4. 4
    Una suposición.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhipótesis,hippótesis,hiptóesis,hipóetsis,hipótecis,hipóteiss,hipótesiss,hipótessi,hipótessis,hipótseis,hipóttesis,hióptesis,hpiótesis,ihpótesis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hipótesis

Misspelling Variants of "hipótesis"

hhipótesis10hippótesis10hiptóesis9hipóetsis9hipótecis9hipóteiss9hipótesiss10hipótessi9
Misspelling Variants of "hipótesis"

Frequency rank: #5,315 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hipótesis"?
"hipótesis" is spelled H-I-P-Ó-T-E-S-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [iˈpot̪esis].
What does "hipótesis" mean?
As a noun, "hipótesis" means: Proposición o conjunto de proposiciones que se establecen para explicar la ocurrencia de un grupo específico de fenómenos, estas pueden ser conjeturas provisionales para guiar una investigación o b...
What words are commonly confused with "hipótesis"?
"hipótesis" is commonly confused with "hipotecas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hipótesis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hipótesis" is [iˈpot̪esis]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hipótesis" come from?
"hipótesis" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.