hongo

/[ˈõŋgo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,446

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

hongo is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Reinos Fungi y Chromista) Cualquiera de los organismos heterótrofos que digieren su alimento externamente, absorbiendo luego los nutrientes en sus células. Son incapaces de fijar el carbono por sí... Pronounced [ˈõŋgo]. Often confused with Hugo and hoyo.

Key facts for hongo
PropertyValue
Headwordhongo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈõŋgo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,446
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for hongo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈõŋgo]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,446 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for hongo, with forms such as "hhongo", "hnogo", and "hogno". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Hugo", "hoyo", "hung", 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 hongo, spelled H-O-N-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Reinos Fungi y Chromista) Cualquiera de los organismos heterótrofos que digieren su alimento externamente, absorbiendo luego los nutrientes en sus células. Son incapaces de fijar el carbono por sí mismos, y poseen paredes celulares quitinosas. Clasificados antiguamente como vegetales. Su tamaño varía de lo microscópico a lo macroscópico; su reproducción es generalmente por esporas. Al carecer de clorofila nunca son verdes ni pueden hacer fotosíntesis.
  2. 2
    Sombrero de fieltro o de piel de castor y de copa aovada o chata.
  3. 3
    Seta (hongo con sombrero).
  4. 4
    Moho.
  5. 5
    Organismos microscópicos que proliferan en lugares cálidos y húmedos. Algunos de ellos pueden provocar infecciones en el organismo humano como el pie de atleta, la tiña, etc.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhongo,hnogo,hogno,honggo,honngo,honog,ohngo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for hongo

Misspelling Variants of "hongo"

hhongo6hnogo5hogno5honggo6honngo6honog5ohngo5
Misspelling Variants of "hongo"

Frequency rank: #17,446 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hongo"?
"hongo" is spelled H-O-N-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈõŋgo].
What does "hongo" mean?
As a noun, "hongo" means: (Reinos Fungi y Chromista) Cualquiera de los organismos heterótrofos que digieren su alimento externamente, absorbiendo luego los nutrientes en sus células. Son incapaces de fijar el carbono por sí...
What words are commonly confused with "hongo"?
"hongo" is commonly confused with "Hugo", "hoyo", "hung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "hongo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hongo" is [ˈõŋgo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hongo" come from?
"hongo" 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.