hobo
[ˈoβ̞o]
The verdict
“hobo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,147 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,147
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “hobo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hobo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,147 among 15,034 “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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Using “hobo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-O-B-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈoβ̞o] (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.