hiyab
[xiˈʝaβ̞]
The verdict
“hiyab” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,121 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,121
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hiyab · hiyab · Spanish
hiyab · rank #93,121 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,121
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH Hof
Nearest frequency peer: Hof (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “hiyab”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- heterodoxos
heterodoxos
6,887 corpus weight
- hincar
hincar
6,883 corpus weight
- hiperbólico
hiperbólico
6,882 corpus weight
- hiyab
hiyab
6,880 corpus weight
- Hof
Hof
6,879 corpus weight
- hosanna
hosanna
6,875 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hiyab” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “hiyab” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hiyab is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,121 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [xiˈʝaβ̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hiyab appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El hiyab -que suele traducirse erróneamente como «velo»- se ha convertido en Europa en simbolo del oscurantismo
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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