Hiroshima

/[iɾoˈʃima]/ name

The verdict

“Hiroshima” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #20,706 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#20,706
frequency rank, Spanish
9
letters
13
tracked misspellings

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Ciudad de la isla de Honshu, Japón.

Key facts for Hiroshima
PropertyValue
HeadwordHiroshima
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[iɾoˈʃima]
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,706
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Hiroshima” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Hiroshima lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Hiroshima is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [iɾoˈʃima]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,706 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ciudad de la isla de Honshu, Japón.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Hiroshima, with forms such as "hhiroshima", "hiorshima", and "hirohsima". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. 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 Hiroshima, spelled H-I-R-O-S-H-I-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad de la isla de Honshu, Japón.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhiroshima,hiorshima,hirohsima,hiroshhima,hiroshiam,hiroshimma,hiroshmia,hirosihma,hirosshima,hirroshima,hirsohima,hrioshima,ihroshima

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Hiroshima — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Hiroshima"

hhiroshima1hiorshima2hirohsima2hiroshhima1hiroshiam2hiroshimma1hiroshmia2hirosihma2
Edit distance from "Hiroshima"

Frequency rank: #20,706 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Hiroshima"?
"Hiroshima" is spelled H-I-R-O-S-H-I-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [iɾoˈʃima].
What does "Hiroshima" mean?
As a proper noun, "Hiroshima" means: Ciudad de la isla de Honshu, Japón.
What are common misspellings of "Hiroshima"?
Common misspellings include "hhiroshima", "hiorshima", "hirohsima", "hiroshhima", "hiroshiam". The correct spelling is "Hiroshima".
How do you pronounce "Hiroshima"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Hiroshima" is [iɾoˈʃima]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Hiroshima" come from?
"Hiroshima" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Hiroshima”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-R-O-S-H-I-M-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [iɾoˈʃima] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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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.