hombro
[ˈõmbɾo]
The verdict
“hombro” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,008 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,008
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parte del cuerpo que liga al cuello la articulación del brazo en el hombre.
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 | hombro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈõmbɾo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hombro” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for hombro is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈõmbɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,008 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 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 hombro, with forms such as "hhombro", "hmobro", and "hobmro". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "homo", "homer", "Homero", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is hombro, spelled H-O-M-B-R-O.
Definition
- 1Parte del cuerpo que liga al cuello la articulación del brazo en el hombre.
- 2Parte de la ropa que cubre el hombro₁.
- 3Espacio lateral contiguo a la escena, no visible para el público.
- 4Parte de la letra que va desde el remate del árbol hasta el ojo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: hhombro,hmobro,hobmro,hombbro,hombor,hombrro,hommbro,homrbo,homvro,ohmbro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hombro - 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 “hombro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-O-M-B-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈõmbɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “homo” - see the side-by-side comparison. hombro vs homo
- 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.