hombre
[ˈõmbɾe]
The verdict
“hombre” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #214 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #214
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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 ...
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 | hombre |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈõmbɾe] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hombre” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for hombre is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for hombre, with forms such as "hhombre", "hmobre", and "hobmre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is hombre, spelled H-O-M-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1Individuo 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.
- 2Macho de la especie humana.
- 3Varón adulto.
- 4Miembro de fuerzas armadas.
- 5Individuo dotado de cualidades consideradas varoniles por excelencia.
- 6Esposo, marido, amante.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhombre,hmobre,hobmre,hombbre,homber,hombrre,hommbre,homrbe,homvre,ohmbre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hombre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “hombre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-O-M-B-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈõmbɾe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “home” - see the side-by-side comparison. hombre vs home
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.