histérica
[isˈt̪eɾika]
The verdict
“histérica” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #23,809. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,809
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de histérico.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | histérica |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [isˈt̪eɾika] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #23,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “histérica” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around histérica (IPA [isˈt̪eɾika]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,809 among 15,034 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del femenino de histérico.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for histérica, with forms such as "hhistérica", "hisstérica", and "histréica". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "historia", "histórico", "histórica", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 histérica, spelled H-I-S-T-É-R-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de histérico.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhistérica
- hisstérica
- histréica
- histtérica
- histéirca
- histércia
- histériac
- histéricca
- histérrica
- hisétrica
- hitsérica
- hsitérica
- ihstérica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of histérica - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “histérica”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-S-T-É-R-I-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [isˈt̪eɾika] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “historia” - see the side-by-side comparison. histérica vs historia
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.