hiyab
[xiˈʝaβ̞]
The verdict
“hiyab” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #93,121 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #93,121
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Velo que cubre la cabeza y el pecho que las mujeres musulmanas usan en presencia de personas que no sean de su familia inmediata.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hiyab |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [xiˈʝaβ̞] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hiyab” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for hiyab is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xiˈʝaβ̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #93,121 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Velo que cubre la cabeza y el pecho que las mujeres musulmanas usan en presencia de personas que no sean de su familia inmediata.".
hiyab doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is hiyab, spelled H-I-Y-A-B.
Definition
- 1Velo que cubre la cabeza y el pecho que las mujeres musulmanas usan en presencia de personas que no sean de su familia inmediata.
This word in other languages
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 “hiyab”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-I-Y-A-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [xiˈʝaβ̞] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.