hito

/[ˈit̪o]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,592

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

hito is aSpanishnoun. It means: Piedra o columna que, fijada en el suelo y convenientemente indicada, marca la dirección en los caminos, las distancias y los límites de un territorio o propiedad. Pronounced [ˈit̪o]. Often confused with Ho and hot.

Key facts for hito
PropertyValue
Headwordhito
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈit̪o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#11,592
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hito in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hito is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈit̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,592 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for hito, with forms such as "hhito", "hiot", and "hitto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ho", "hot", "hut", 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 hito, spelled H-I-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Piedra o columna que, fijada en el suelo y convenientemente indicada, marca la dirección en los caminos, las distancias y los límites de un territorio o propiedad.
  2. 2
    Persona, momento, acontecimiento u objeto que sirven como punto de referencia por considerarse claves o fundamentales.
  3. 3
    Centro al que se apunta para acertar en un tiro o disparo.
  4. 4
    Actividad lúdica que consiste en fijar un poste o clavo en el suelo para engarzar en él herraduras, discos, arandelas u objetos similares lanzados desde cierta distancia.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhito,hiot,hitto,htio,ihto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hito

Misspelling Variants of "hito"

hhito5hiot4hitto5htio4ihto4
Misspelling Variants of "hito"

Frequency rank: #11,592 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hito"?
"hito" is spelled H-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈit̪o].
What does "hito" mean?
As a noun, "hito" means: Piedra o columna que, fijada en el suelo y convenientemente indicada, marca la dirección en los caminos, las distancias y los límites de un territorio o propiedad.
What words are commonly confused with "hito"?
"hito" is commonly confused with "Ho", "hot", "hut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hito" is [ˈit̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hito" come from?
"hito" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter H in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.