hollow
/ˈhɒl.əʊ/
The verdict
“hollow” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #34,611. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,611
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Valle pequeño.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hollow · hollow · Spanish
hollow · rank #34,611 · 7 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,611
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH hipster
Nearest frequency peer: hipster (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “hollow”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- hemorragias
hemorragias
65,393 corpus weight
- hileras
hileras
65,392 corpus weight
- hipster
hipster
65,391 corpus weight
- hollow
hollow
65,390 corpus weight
- homólogos
homólogos
65,389 corpus weight
- hour
hour
65,388 corpus weight
What this shows “hollow” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hollow |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɒl.əʊ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “hollow”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around hollow (IPA /ˈhɒl.əʊ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,611 among 1,569 “H” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for hollow, with forms such as "hhollow", "hlolow", and "holloww". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "holly", "halló", "hello", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is hollow, spelled H-O-L-L-O-W.
Definition
- 1Valle pequeño.
- 2Hueco.
- 3Hoyo, agujero.
- 4Depresión, hondonada.
- 5Vacío.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hollow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, Measured heaven with a span and calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales And the hills in a balance?
I saw by night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and it stood among the myrtle trees in the hollow; and behind him were horses: red, sorrel, and white.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhollow
- hlolow
- holloww
- hollwo
- hololw
- holow
- ohllow
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hollow - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hollow", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).