honesto

/[oˈnest̪o]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,068

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

honesto is anSpanishadj. It means: Conforme al pudor y las buenas costumbres. Pronounced [oˈnest̪o]. It ranks #6,068 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with honestos and honesta.

Key facts for honesto
PropertyValue
Headwordhonesto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[oˈnest̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,068
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for honesto is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oˈnest̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,068 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 honesto, with forms such as "hhonesto", "hnoesto", and "hoensto". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "honestos", "honesta", "honestas", 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 honesto, spelled H-O-N-E-S-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conforme al pudor y las buenas costumbres.
  2. 2
    Veraz, acertado. Que dice siempre la verdad.
  3. 3
    Persona que posee integridad en el ser y en el actuar.
  4. 4
    Respetuoso de los bienes ajenos o las leyes.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhonesto,hnoesto,hoensto,honesot,honessto,honestto,honetso,honnesto,honseto,ohnesto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for honesto

Misspelling Variants of "honesto"

hhonesto8hnoesto7hoensto7honesot7honessto8honestto8honetso7honnesto8
Misspelling Variants of "honesto"

Frequency rank: #6,068 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "honesto"?
"honesto" is spelled H-O-N-E-S-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈnest̪o].
What does "honesto" mean?
As an adj, "honesto" means: Conforme al pudor y las buenas costumbres.
What words are commonly confused with "honesto"?
"honesto" is commonly confused with "honestos", "honesta", "honestas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "honesto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "honesto" is [oˈnest̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "honesto" come from?
"honesto" 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.