Holbox
[xolˈβ̞oʃ]
The verdict
“Holbox” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,299 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,299
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Isla localizada en el extremo norte del estado de Quintana Roo, México. Esta localizada a diez kilómetros de la costa de la Península de Yucatán en las coordenadas 21º 31’ 24” de latitud norte y lo...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Holbox |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [xolˈβ̞oʃ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Holbox” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Holbox is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,299 among 15,034 “H” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [xolˈβ̞oʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Isla localizada en el extremo norte del estado de Quintana Roo, México. Esta localizada a diez kilómetros de la costa de la Península de Yucatán en las coordenadas 21º 31’ 24” de latitud norte y lo...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Holbox, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is Holbox, spelled H-O-L-B-O-X.
Definition
- 1Isla localizada en el extremo norte del estado de Quintana Roo, México. Esta localizada a diez kilómetros de la costa de la Península de Yucatán en las coordenadas 21º 31’ 24” de latitud norte y los 87º 22’ 42” de longitud oeste y a una altitud de 10 metros sobre el nivel del mar.
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 “Holbox”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-O-L-B-O-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.