holoceno
[oloˈseno]
The verdict
“holoceno” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,213 among 15,034 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,213
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 15,034
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Perteneciente o relacionado con la última y actual época del cuaternario, el período geológico. Corresponde con el fin de la última glaciación hace aproximadamente 11.550 años (cerca a 9600 adC), q...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | holoceno |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [oloˈseno] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “holoceno” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
holoceno is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,213 among 15,034 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [oloˈseno]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perteneciente o relacionado con la última y actual época del cuaternario, el período geológico. Corresponde con el fin de la última glaciación hace aproximadamente 11.550 años (cerca a 9600 adC), q...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for holoceno, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is holoceno, spelled H-O-L-O-C-E-N-O.
Definition
- 1Perteneciente o relacionado con la última y actual época del cuaternario, el período geológico. Corresponde con el fin de la última glaciación hace aproximadamente 11.550 años (cerca a 9600 adC), que provocó un ascenso en el nivel del mar. Esto hizo que Indonesia, Japón y Taiwán se separaran de Asia; el Reino Unido, de Europa y Nueva Guinea y Tasmania, de Australia. Además, produjo la formación del Estrecho de Bering.
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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Using “holoceno”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-O-L-O-C-E-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oloˈseno] (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.