hombro

/[ˈõmbɾo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,008

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

hombro is aSpanishnoun. It means: Parte del cuerpo que liga al cuello la articulación del brazo en el hombre. Pronounced [ˈõmbɾo]. It ranks #5,008 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with homo and homer.

Key facts for hombro
PropertyValue
Headwordhombro
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈõmbɾo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,008
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hombro is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for hombro, with forms such as "hhombro", "hmobro", and "hobmro". 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 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 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 hombro, spelled H-O-M-B-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parte del cuerpo que liga al cuello la articulación del brazo en el hombre.
  2. 2
    Parte de la ropa que cubre el hombro₁.
  3. 3
    Espacio lateral contiguo a la escena, no visible para el público.
  4. 4
    Parte de la letra que va desde el remate del árbol hasta el ojo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhombro,hmobro,hobmro,hombbro,hombor,hombrro,hommbro,homrbo,homvro,ohmbro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hombro

Misspelling Variants of "hombro"

hhombro7hmobro6hobmro6hombbro7hombor6hombrro7hommbro7homrbo6
Misspelling Variants of "hombro"

Frequency rank: #5,008 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hombro"?
"hombro" is spelled H-O-M-B-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈõmbɾo].
What does "hombro" mean?
As a noun, "hombro" means: Parte del cuerpo que liga al cuello la articulación del brazo en el hombre.
What words are commonly confused with "hombro"?
"hombro" is commonly confused with "homo", "homer", "Homero". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hombro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hombro" is [ˈõmbɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hombro" come from?
"hombro" 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.