hora pico
[ˈoɾa ˈpiko]
The verdict
“hora pico” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Momento de máximo tránsito u ocupación de un servicio, especialmente de comunicaciones o transporte
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hora pico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈoɾa ˈpiko] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hora pico” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hora pico is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈoɾa ˈpiko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Momento de máximo tránsito u ocupación de un servicio, especialmente de comunicaciones o transporte".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hora pico, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is hora pico, spelled H-O-R-A- -P-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Momento de máximo tránsito u ocupación de un servicio, especialmente de comunicaciones o transporte
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “hora pico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is H-O-R-A- -P-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈoɾa ˈpiko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.