hito

[ˈit̪o]

/[ˈit̪o]/ noun

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The verdict

“hito” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #11,592. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,592
frequency rank, Spanish
1,569
“H” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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.

Corpus desk

Index ES-hito · hito · Spanish

hito · rank #11,592 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,592
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,569
  • PHOTO-FINISH guardan

Nearest frequency peer: guardan (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “hito”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “hito” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

hito vs Ho
25% similar
hito vs hot
50% similar
hito vs hut
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “hito”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.hitocae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “guardan” (#11,591), “HTML” (#11,593), “grabados” (#11,590). Entre 1,569 lemas con “H”, “hito” va en #11,592. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around hito (IPA [ˈit̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,592 among 1,569 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for hito, with forms such as "hhito", "hiot", and "hitto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ho", "hot", "hut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is hito, spelled H-I-T-O.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La Cumbre de las Américas de 2001 marcó un hito histórico para la agricultura y la vida rural.

Synonyms

fitohitamojónmototérminoblancodianaobjetivo

This word in other languages

milestone(English)jalon(Français)marco(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hhito
  • hiot
  • hitto
  • htio
  • ihto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hito - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

hhito1hiot2hitto1htio2ihto2
Edit distance from "hito"

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

HTML#11,593Josh#11,603lomo#11,608nuca#11,630

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

ósea5 variantsrana5 variantspala5 variantsnulo5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list