hobo
[ˈoβ̞o]
The verdict
“hobo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,147 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,147
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Spondias mombin) Árbol de la familia de las anacardiáceas, nativo de América tropical, que produce frutos de sabor agrio y color amarillo, con hojas lustrosas y alargadas que tienen diversas aplic...
Corpus desk
Index ES-hobo · hobo · Spanish
hobo · rank #80,147 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,147
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH hojita
Nearest frequency peer: hojita (+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 “hobo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- heredo
heredo
19,858 corpus weight
- hilando
hilando
19,857 corpus weight
- himself
himself
19,856 corpus weight
- hobo
hobo
19,854 corpus weight
- hojita
hojita
19,853 corpus weight
- honro
honro
19,852 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “hobo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hobo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoβ̞o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #80,147 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “hobo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
hobo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,147 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈoβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
hobo has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is hobo, spelled H-O-B-O.
Definition
- 1(Spondias mombin) Árbol de la familia de las anacardiáceas, nativo de América tropical, que produce frutos de sabor agrio y color amarillo, con hojas lustrosas y alargadas que tienen diversas aplicaciones medicinales
- 2Fruta comestible del árbol con el mismo nombre (Spondias mombin), tiene una cáscara correosa y una fina capa de pulpa.
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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