hirviente
[iɾˈβ̞jẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“hirviente” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,397 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,397
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que hierve.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hirviente · hirviente · Spanish
hirviente · rank #96,397 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,397
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH hiperbólica
Nearest frequency peer: hiperbólica (-1 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 “hirviente”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- heterodoxa
heterodoxa
3,608 corpus weight
- heurística
heurística
3,607 corpus weight
- hiperbólica
hiperbólica
3,605 corpus weight
- hirviente
hirviente
3,604 corpus weight
- hispanoparl…
hispanoparlante
3,603 corpus weight
- holgados
holgados
3,601 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hirviente” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hirviente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [iɾˈβ̞jẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,397 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “hirviente” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hirviente is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,397 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [iɾˈβ̞jẽn̪t̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que hierve.".
No misspelling variants are generated for hirviente in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is hirviente, spelled H-I-R-V-I-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Que hierve.
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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