hisopo

[iˈsopo]

/[iˈsopo]/ noun

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The verdict

“hisopo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,121 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,121
frequency rank, Spanish
1,569
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pequeño aspersor, formado por una bola hueca o un haz de cerdas al cabo de un mango, con el que se distribuye agua bendita sobre los asistentes en algunas ceremonias de la Iglesia Católica.

Corpus desk

Index ES-hisopo · hisopo · Spanish

hisopo · rank #71,121 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,121
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,569
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hinostroza

Nearest frequency peer: Hinostroza (-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 “hisopo”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hisopo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hisopo
PropertyValue
Headwordhisopo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[iˈsopo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#71,121
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “hisopo” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).hisopocae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Hinostroza” (#71,120), “honest” (#71,122), “hiera” (#71,119). Entre 1,569 lemas con “H”, “hisopo” va en #71,121. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hisopo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,121 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [iˈsopo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for hisopo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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. The correct Spanish form is hisopo, spelled H-I-S-O-P-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pequeño aspersor, formado por una bola hueca o un haz de cerdas al cabo de un mango, con el que se distribuye agua bendita sobre los asistentes en algunas ceremonias de la Iglesia Católica.
  2. 2
    Varilla de material flexible, con una bola de algodón en su extremo, usada para la higiene del canal auditivo.
  3. 3
    (Hyssopus spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies de plantas herbáceas o subleñosas nativas de la Europa Meridional y el Medio Oriente, de hábito erecto y ramificado, con hojas lanceoladas u oblongas, de hasta 5 cm de largo, y unos 60 cm de altura total. Forma espigas de pequeñas flores blanquecinas, azules o violáceas, que aparecen en verano. Se lo consume como especia, y en tisana como expectorante y antitusivo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how hisopo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Frente al altar, el padre Carlos, revestido del alba y la estola, mueve los labios, sacude con unción el hisopo.

Synonyms

aspersorio

This word in other languages

aspergillus(English)goupillon(Français)Ysop(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hisopo"?
"hisopo" is spelled H-I-S-O-P-O. The IPA pronunciation is [iˈsopo].
What does "hisopo" mean?
As a noun, "hisopo" means: Pequeño aspersor, formado por una bola hueca o un haz de cerdas al cabo de un mango, con el que se distribuye agua bendita sobre los asistentes en algunas ceremonias de la Iglesia Católica.
How do you pronounce "hisopo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hisopo" is [iˈsopo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hisopo" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hisopo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

honest#71,122habano#71,110filoso#71,075jarana#71,167

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list