honra

/[ˈõnra]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,266

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

honra is aSpanishnoun. It means: Aprecio y respeto por las virtudes y meritos propios. Pronounced [ˈõnra]. Often confused with hora and hoya.

Key facts for honra
PropertyValue
Headwordhonra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈõnra]
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,266
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for honra is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈõnra]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,266 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 honra, with forms such as "hhonra", "hnora", and "honar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hora", "hoya", "hour", 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 honra, spelled H-O-N-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aprecio y respeto por las virtudes y meritos propios.
  2. 2
    Buena opinión y fama adquirida por la virtud y el mérito.
  3. 3
    Demostración de aprecio que hace a alguno por su virtud y mérito.
  4. 4
    Pudor honestidad y recato de las mujeres.
  5. 5
    Oficio solemne que se celebra por los difuntos algunos días después del entierro, también anualmente por las almas de los difuntos.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: hhonra,hnora,honar,honnra,honrra,horna,ohnra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for honra

Misspelling Variants of "honra"

hhonra6hnora5honar5honnra6honrra6horna5ohnra5
Misspelling Variants of "honra"

Frequency rank: #13,266 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "honra"?
"honra" is spelled H-O-N-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈõnra].
What does "honra" mean?
As a noun, "honra" means: Aprecio y respeto por las virtudes y meritos propios.
What words are commonly confused with "honra"?
"honra" is commonly confused with "hora", "hoya", "hour". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "honra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "honra" is [ˈõnra]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "honra" come from?
"honra" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter H in our Spanish index:

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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.