hombre

/[ˈõmbɾe]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#214

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

hombre is aSpanishnoun. It means: Individuo de la especie humana, definido como mamífero primate dotado de inteligencia, que camina en posición vertical, posee manos prensiles y un cerebro voluminoso, y se comunica por medio de un ... Pronounced [ˈõmbɾe]. It ranks #214 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with home and homer.

Key facts for hombre
PropertyValue
Headwordhombre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈõmbɾe]
Letters6
Frequency rank#214
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of hombre in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hombre is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈõmbɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #214 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for hombre, with forms such as "hhombre", "hmobre", and "hobmre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "home", "homer", "homme", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is hombre, spelled H-O-M-B-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Individuo de la especie humana, definido como mamífero primate dotado de inteligencia, que camina en posición vertical, posee manos prensiles y un cerebro voluminoso, y se comunica por medio de un lenguaje articulado.
  2. 2
    Macho de la especie humana.
  3. 3
    Varón adulto.
  4. 4
    Miembro de fuerzas armadas.
  5. 5
    Individuo dotado de cualidades consideradas varoniles por excelencia.
  6. 6
    Esposo, marido, amante.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhombre,hmobre,hobmre,hombbre,homber,hombrre,hommbre,homrbe,homvre,ohmbre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hombre

Misspelling Variants of "hombre"

hhombre7hmobre6hobmre6hombbre7homber6hombrre7hommbre7homrbe6
Misspelling Variants of "hombre"

Frequency rank: #214 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hombre"?
"hombre" is spelled H-O-M-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈõmbɾe].
What does "hombre" mean?
As a noun, "hombre" means: Individuo de la especie humana, definido como mamífero primate dotado de inteligencia, que camina en posición vertical, posee manos prensiles y un cerebro voluminoso, y se comunica por medio de un ...
What words are commonly confused with "hombre"?
"hombre" is commonly confused with "home", "homer", "homme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hombre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hombre" is [ˈõmbɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hombre" come from?
"hombre" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.