hiriente

/[iˈɾjẽn̪t̪e]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#43,635

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

hiriente is anSpanishadj. It means: Que hiere o hace daño, especialmente en el ánimo de otra persona. Pronounced [iˈɾjẽn̪t̪e]. Often confused with hirientes and higiene.

Key facts for hiriente
PropertyValue
Headwordhiriente
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[iˈɾjẽn̪t̪e]
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,635
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hiriente is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [iˈɾjẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #43,635 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que hiere o hace daño, especialmente en el ánimo de otra persona.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for hiriente, with forms such as "hhiriente", "hiirente", and "hireinte". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "hirientes", "higiene", "hiriendo", 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 hiriente, spelled H-I-R-I-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que hiere o hace daño, especialmente en el ánimo de otra persona.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhiriente,hiirente,hireinte,hirienet,hiriennte,hirientte,hirietne,hirinete,hirriente,hriiente,ihriente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hiriente

Misspelling Variants of "hiriente"

hhiriente9hiirente8hireinte8hirienet8hiriennte9hirientte9hirietne8hirinete8
Misspelling Variants of "hiriente"

Frequency rank: #43,635 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hiriente"?
"hiriente" is spelled H-I-R-I-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [iˈɾjẽn̪t̪e].
What does "hiriente" mean?
As an adj, "hiriente" means: Que hiere o hace daño, especialmente en el ánimo de otra persona.
What words are commonly confused with "hiriente"?
"hiriente" is commonly confused with "hirientes", "higiene", "hiriendo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hiriente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hiriente" is [iˈɾjẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hiriente" come from?
"hiriente" 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.