histérica
The verdict
“histérica” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #23,809 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #23,809
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Forma del femenino de histérico.
| 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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for histérica is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [isˈt̪eɾika]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,809 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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 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 also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "historia", "histórico", "histórica", and more, 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 histérica, spelled H-I-S-T-É-R-I-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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 — 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 "histérica"
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
Nearby Spanish words
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